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Jeremy Corbyn has promised to deliver "the socialism of the 21st century" as he insisted that under his leadership, Labour will be a party not only of protest but also of power.
In a warmly received speech to Labour's annual conference in Liverpool days after being re-elected as leader, Mr Corbyn urged his fractured party to "end the trench warfare" and unite to take on the Conservatives for a general election which he said could come as early as next year.
But he risked stoking differences within his own ranks over immigration after making clear that he will not make cutting numbers of migrants an objective, despite calls from MPs including Andy Burnham - who announced his resignation as shadow home secretary - to respond to concerns expressed by voters in the EU referendum.
At the end of a conference which has seen Labour dip as low as 26 per cent in the polls, Mr Corbyn warned that voters will not be won over by a party they see as divided and urged his critics to accept the result of the election in which he defeated challenger Owen Smith by a convincing 62 per cent-38 per cent margin.
Following calls from London Mayor Sadiq Khan and deputy leader Tom Watson for the party to focus on winning back power, Mr Corbyn insisted that he recognised the need to reach out beyond Labour's core support to win over groups including middle-income earners, the self-employed and those concerned about the impact of migration.
"Our party is about campaigning and it's about protest too, but most of all it's about winning power in local and national government to deliver the real change our country so desperately needs," he said.
"That's why the central task of the whole Labour Party must be to rebuild trust and support to win the next general election and form the next government. That is the government I am determined to lead to win power to change Britain for the benefit of working people."
Setting out the 10 pledges which will form the framework of Labour's platform at the next election, Mr Corbyn said he was offering "greater equality of wealth and income, but also of power".
Promises included a "real living wage" worth £10 an hour or more, a new National Education Service to be funded by levies on business, a £500 billion National Investment Bank, the renationalisation of railways, one million new homes and a foreign policy with "peace and justice at its heart". Back-to-work assessments for people claiming disability benefits would be scrapped, he said.
Mr Corbyn said that the pledges were "not the Ten Commandments" and would be open to further consultation.
But he said they showed "the direction of change we are determined to take - and the outline of a programme to rebuild and transform Britain".
The Labour leader said: "We know how great this country could be for all its people with a new political and economic settlement, with new forms of democratic public ownership, driven by investment in the technology and industries of the future, with decent jobs, education and housing for all, with local services run by and for people, not outsourced to faceless corporations.
"That's not backward-looking - it's the very opposite. It's the socialism of the 21st century."
Mr Corbyn told delegates: "Our job is now to win over the unconvinced to our vision. Only that way can we secure the Labour government we need.
"And let's be frank, no-one will be convinced of a vision promoted by a divided party.
"We all agree on that, so I ask each and every one of you, accept the decision of the members, end the trench warfare and work together to take on the Tories.
"Anything else is a luxury that the millions of people who depend on Labour cannot afford."
Jeremy Corbyn 'looked and sounded like a leader'
Union supporters of Jeremy Corbyn were quick to praise his speech, saying he "looked and sounded" like a leader.
Len McCluskey, general secretary of Unite, said Mr Corbyn was determined to rebuild trust in politics.
"Jeremy Corbyn gave a speech that declared proudly this is what the Labour Party is and only a Labour government can build a better Britain.
"We can leave this conference today confident that the policies needed to deliver a real alternative are taking shape.
"Not reheated dogma or lukewarm concessions to the people but a genuine programme to halt rampaging inequality, a serious plan to invest in our industrial communities and share wealth more fairly, and a determination to defend our shattered public services."
Dave Ward, leader of the Communication Workers Union, said: "Jeremy Corbyn deserves the time and space to set out his vision for our country. Today he looked and sounded like a leader.
"We urge the whole Labour Party to unite behind our leader, who holds the largest mandate in history. Let's create a society for the millions not the millionaires."
Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association said: "No one has a monopoly on wisdom and we must now use all of the talents within and across our party to defeat Theresa May and the party she leads.
"Jeremy is right, when he says the trench warfare must end. This is not a vacuous call for unity, it's what must happen to deliver a Labour government at the next general election."
Mike Cherry, chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, said: "FSB is delighted the Labour Party has recognised current unfairness around the way the self-employed are treated, and that Jeremy Corbyn has invited us to take part in their review."
Corbyn ends with a message of socialism and solidarity
"Each of us comes to our socialism from our own experiences.
Mine was shaped by my mum and dad, a teacher and an engineer. Both committed socialists and peace campaigners, my mum’s inspiration was to encourage girls to believe they could achieve anything in their lives.
And by working as a teacher in Jamaica when I was a young man, that taught me so much about the strength of communities living in adversity, as well as fighting for the low paid as a trade union organiser here in Britain.
As the great American poet Langston Hughes put it: “I see that my own hands can make the world that’s in my mind”.
Everyone here and every one of our hundreds of thousands of members has something to contribute to our cause.
That way we will unite, build on our policies. Take our vision out to a country crying out for change.
We are half a million of us, and there will be more, working together to make our country the place it could be.
Conference, united we can shape the future and build a fairer Britain in a peaceful world."
'End the trench warfare'
The hall has leapt to its feet in applause as Jeremy Corbyn urges Labour to "end the trench warfare" and focus the fight on the Tories.
"It’s the socialism of the 21st century.
Our job is now to win over the unconvinced to our vision. Only that way can we secure the Labour government we need.
And let’s be frank, no one will be convinced of a vision, promoted by a divided party. We all agree on that.
So I ask each and every one of you, accept the decision of the members end the trench warfare and work together to take on the Tories."
'We have an electoral mountain to climb'
Jeremy Corbyn says he is convinced Labour can win the next general election but admits there is an "electoral mountain to climb".
"Last year, the votes we needed to win power went many different ways in all parts of our country while millions of our potential voters stayed at home.
Many didn’t believe we offered the alternative they wanted.
It’s true there’s an electoral mountain to climb.
But if we focus everything on the needs and aspirations of middle and lower income voters, of ordinary families, if we demonstrate we’ve got a viable alternative to the government’s failed economic policies. I’m convinced we can build the electoral support that can beat the Tories.
That means being the voice of women, of young people and pensioners middle and lower income workers, the unemployed and the self-employed, minority communities and those struggling with the impact of migration at work and everyone struggling to get on, and secure a better life for themselves, their families and communities."
Conflict and war
Jeremy Corbyn says he was right to apologise for the Iraq War.
"The consequences of those wars have been the spread of terrorism, sectarianism and violence across an arc of conflict that has displaced millions of people forcing them from their countries.
That is why it was right to apologise on behalf of the party for the Iraq war right to say that we have learned the lessons and right to say that such a catastrophe must never be allowed to happen again.
We need a foreign policy based on peace, justice and human rights."
Immigration
This is the bit of Corbyn's speech which has been much talked about all morning because he refused to agree to lower the levels of migration into the UK. This is what he has to say on the matter:
"It isn’t migrants that drive down wages, it’s exploitative employers and the politicians who deregulate the labour market and rip up trade union rights.
It isn’t migrants who put a strain on our NHS, it only keeps going because of the migrant nurses and doctors who come here filling the gaps left by politicians who have failed to invest in training.
It isn’t migrants that have caused a housing crisis; it’s a Tory government that has failed to build homes.
Immigration can certainly put extra pressure on services and that’s why, under Gordon Brown, Labour setup the Migrant Impact Fund to provide extra funding to communities that have the largest rises in population.
What did the Tories do? They abolished it and then they demonise migrants for putting pressure on services.
A Labour government will not offer false promises on immigration as the Tories have done. We will not sow division by fanning the flames of fear. We will tackle the real issues of immigration instead whatever the eventual outcome of the Brexit negotiations and make the changes that are needed.
We will act decisively to end the undercutting of workers’ pay and conditions through the exploitation of migrant labour and agency working which would reduce the number of migrant workers in the process.
And we will ease the pressure on hard pressed public services - services that are struggling to absorb Tory austerity cuts, in communities absorbing new populations.
Labour will reinstate the migrant impact fund, and give extra support to areas of high migration using the visa levy for its intended purpose. And we will add a citizenship application fee levy to boost the fund."
Arts for children
Corbyn announces a £160million boost for schools to invest in projects that will support cultural activities for schools. He calls it the arts pupil premium.
"We recognise that education isn’t simply about preparing for the workplace. It’s also about the exploration of knowledge and unlocking the creativity in every human being.
"So all school pupils should have the chance to learn an instrument take part in drama and dance and have regular access to a theatre, gallery or museum in their local area."
Tuition fees scrapped, corporation tax up 1.5pc
Labour will set up a new National Education Service which will lead to the creation of a million new jobs, Jeremy Corbyn says.
To pay for it, businesses will be asked to pay 1.5 per cent more in corporation tax to give an Education Maintenance Allowance to college students and grants to university students.
A rich history of ingenuity
"Our country’s history is based on individual ingenuity and collective endeavor.
"We are the country of Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing and Tim Berners-Lee, the land of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Sarah Guppy of George Stephenson and Eric Laithwaite.
"The Tories have turned their back on this proud British tradition. They have put privatisation and cutting spending first.
"Britain now spends less on research as a share of national income than France, Germany, the US and China. A Labour Government will bring research and development up to three percent of GDP."
A National Investment Bank
Jeremy Corbyn will create a National Investment Bank to "rebuild and transform" Britain.
He says: "We will borrow to invest at historically low interest rates, to generate far greater returns. It would be foolish not to, because that investment is expanding the economy and the income it generates for us all in the process."
He says he is not content with poor broadband and creaking railways while other nations advance in new technologies.
"A Labour government will never accept second best for this country," he insists.
Labour values being put into action
Jeremy Corbyn says Labour councils are already putting Labour values into action. The examples he points to are:
- Nottingham City Council setting up the not-for-profit Robin Hood Energy company to provide affordable energy;
- Cardiff Bus Company taking 100,000 passengers every day, publicly owned with a passenger panel to hold its directors to account;
- Preston Council working to favour local procurement, and keep money in the town;
- Newcastle Council providing free wi-fi in 69 public buildings across the city;
- Croydon Council which has set up a company to build 1,000 new homes, as Cllr Alison Butler said: “We can no longer afford to sit back and let the market take its course”.
- Glasgow that has established high quality and flexible workspaces for start-up, high growth companies in dynamic new sectors.
- Liverpool, set to be at the global forefront of a new wave of technology and home to Sensor City, a £15million business hub that aims to create 300 start-up businesses and 1,000 jobs over the next decade.
Corbyn's 10 policies for change
Jeremy Corbyn says he has 10 key policies which he wants Labour to take out to the British people.
"They lay out the scope of the change we need to see for full employment, a homes guarantee, security at work, a strong public NHS and social care, a National Education Service for all, action on climate change, public ownership and control of our services, a cut in inequality of income and wealth action to secure an equal society and peace and justice at the heart of foreign policy."
Corbyn attacks Tory record on housing
"Look what’s happened to housing under the Tories: housebuilding has fallen to its lowest level since the 1920s; home ownership is falling as more people are priced out of the market; evictions and homelessness go up every year; council homes are sold off without being replaced.
"And another consequence is that we’re paying over £9 billion a year to private landlords in housing benefit.
"Instead of spending public money on building council housing, we’re subsidising private landlords. That’s wasteful, inefficient, and poor government."
Theresa May hasn't won a single vote
Jeremy Corbyn now turns his attack on Theresa May.
"This is a prime minister who was elevated to her job without a single vote being cast after a pantomime farce which saw one leading Tory after another falling on their swords.
"When I meet Theresa May across the dispatch box, I know that only one of us has been elected to the office they hold, by the votes of a third of a million people."
Boundary review is 'gerrymandering'
Jeremy Corbyn attacks the Government's boundary review which could see 50 constituencies axed.
"They’ve dressed up as a bid to cut the cost of politics by abolishing fifty MPs, but the £12million savings are dwarfed by the expense of the 260 peers David Cameron appointed at a cost of £34million a year. It’s nothing but a cynical attempt to gerrymander the next election."
Jeremy Corbyn attacks the Tories
"The old model is broken. We’re in a new era that demands a politics and economics that meets the needs of our own time.
"Even Theresa May gets it, that people want change. That’s why she stood on the steps of Downing Street and talked about the inequalities and burning injustices in today’s Britain.
"She promised a country: “that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us”.
"But even if she manages to talk the talk, she can’t walk the walk.
"This isn’t a new government, it’s David Cameron’s government repackaged with progressive slogans but with a new harsh rightwing edge, taking the country backwards and dithering before the historic challenges of Brexit.
"Who seriously believes that the Tories could ever stand up to the privileged few? They are the party of the privileged few, funded by the privileged few, for the benefit of the privileged few."
'Labour is the voice of the many'
Jeremy Corbyn reflects on his success and why people have a thirst for real change.
"Since the crash of 2008, the demand for an alternative and an end to counter-productive austerity has led to the rise of new movements and parties in one country after another.
"In Britain it’s happened in the heart of traditional politics, in the Labour party which is something we should be extremely proud of. It’s exactly what Labour was founded for to be the voice of the many of social justice and progressive change from the bottom up."
Winning elections
"We have won all four by-elections we’ve contested. In the May elections, we overtook the Tories to become the largest party nationally. We won back London with a massive win for Sadiq Khan the first Muslim mayor of a western capital city.
"And we won the Bristol mayor for the first time, Marvin Rees, the first black mayor in any European city. And of course we also won the mayoralty in Salford and here in Liverpool.
"That’s the road of advance we have to return to if we’re going to challenge the Tories for power and turn the huge growth in the Labour party into the electoral support we need across Britain."
Standing together
"Over the past year, we’ve shown what Labour can do when the party stands together.
"At conference a year ago, I launched our campaign against cuts to tax credits and we succeeded in knocking this government back.
"This year, three million families are over £1,000 better off because Labour stood together.
"In the Budget, the government tried to take away billions from disabled people but we defeated them…"
Anti-semitism
Jeremy Corbyn gives his firmest assurances on online abuse and anti-Semitism yet.
"Let me be absolutely clear. Anti-semitism is an evil. It led to the worst crimes of the 20th century. Everyone has a duty to ensure that it can never fester again. This party has and always will fight for the rights of Jewish people with every breath in our body."
Thank you
Jeremy Corbyn begins by thanking everyone for coming and to the staff at the conference centre. He also thanks his own staff.
"I have to correct myself. I said the conference hall is packed. I got a message from Virgin Trains. They have assured me that there are an extra 800 seats in the whole," he jokes, in reference to traingate.
Labour's long history
We are now watching a short film as we prepare for Jeremy Corbyn's arrival on stage.
It is reflecting on all the major achievements of Labour governments over the decades from the Equal Pay Act, creating the Open University and offering devolution to Scotland, Wales and London, as well as introducing the Human Rights Act and the minimum wage.
An introduction from Liverpool
Dr Sheila Coleman, a Labour activist, has taken to the stage to introduce Jeremy Corbyn.
She says "it has been an honour" for Liverpool, the city she has lived in and worked in all her life, to host the Labour conference.
"We as Scousers unite in solidarity to welcome visitors," she says. "We also unite in solidarity when our people are hurt."
Dr Coleman has been a Hillsborough Justice Researcher for many years and is reflecting on the Hillsborough Inquiry.
Labour will impose 'quality controls' on migrants coming to UK
Shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner suggested Labour would impose "quality controls" on migrants coming to the UK.
He told BBC2's Daily Politics: "We'd have quality controls on all migration into this country.
"When we are talking about economic migration, the economy has to work in favour of the British people and the British public ... If they see political parties are prepared to put those controls in place then I believe its not the numbers that matter, but the quality."
'Corbyn should appoint female shadow home secretary'
The chair of the women's Parliamentary Labour Party, Jess Phillips, suggested Mr Corbyn could take the opportunity of Mr Burnham's departure to appoint a female shadow home secretary.
"Fond farewell and thank you to Andy Burnham as shadow home secretary. Great chance for Jeremy to even up women in four Great Offices of State 50/50," tweeted the Birmingham Yardley MP.
Shadow minister for preventing abuse Sarah Champion said Mr Burnham's announcement was "deeply sad, but understandable", hailing him as "a remarkable man who I've been proud to serve with".
Burnham: My resignation is not a blow to Corbyn
Andy Burnham denied his resignation was a blow to Mr Corbyn.
"No, it's not in any way a blow to Jeremy," he told BBC Radio 4's World At One programme.
"As he begins to think about his new team, it's right for me to say it's time for me to take a step back because I've been elected as Labour's candidate to be the first mayor of Greater Manchester.
"That's now my priority, that's where my full focus needs to be.
"So I know it's the way of this world that everybody will say things like that but it just isn't true."
Burnham will leave Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet
Andy Burnham has announced he is leaving Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet to focus on his bid to become Greater Manchester's mayor.
The shadow home secretary said he had asked the Labour leader to "plan a new shadow cabinet without me".
In his speech at the Labour conference in Liverpool, Mr Burnham said he had "given my all" to the party and had "always put its interests above those of factions and personalities".
The former leadership contender is hoping to be elected as the new mayor for Greater Manchester in 2017.
Burnham calls for party unity - and end to deselection threat
Andy Burnham is addressing the conference now and he has called for his fellow MPs to respect the democratic decision of Labour members to re-elect Jeremy Corbyn.
But he also warned that the threat of deselections must be removed.
"I have an old-fashioned belief - that a Labour Government of any kind is a million times better for my constituents in Leigh than any Tory Government and that is more likely to happen if Labour is united," he said.
"So let us unite - let's have an end to divisive talk about deselections but, in return, let's have more respect for the democratic will of you, our members."
Burnham: 'Millions voted for change on immigration'
Shadow home secretary Andy Burnham will use his own speech to the Labour conference in Liverpool to stress that the party needs to understand its supporters' concerns over immigration.
He will say: "Labour must face up fully to this fact: millions of our lifelong supporters voted to leave the EU and voted for change on immigration."
Yet Jeremy Corbyn's camp has made clear that the Labour leader is "not concerned about numbers" of immigrants.
An aide said: "It is not an objective to reduce the numbers, to reduce immigration. It is an objective to address the issues that are caused by immigration."
Kinnock: 'People want control over our borders'
Another Labour MP has questioned Jeremy Corbyn's stance on immigration.
Stephen Kinnock, the son of former Labour leader Lord Kinnock, said people wanted a "sense of reassurance and of control over our borders". He said people were seeing problems such as overcrowded schools "through the prism of immigration".
"The only way we're going to solve that is by saying 'we've got a handle on this, we've got this under control'," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"I think we have a defining challenge of our age now, which is to address this problem, tackle it.
"This is not only about integration. This is also about regulating the inflow of labour.
"People are expecting their politicians to have a clear sense of what's happening in their communities and a clear sense that we do have a handle on this and that we're listening and we're reacting to it."
Revealed: Jeremy Corbyn ally says Holocaust Memorial Day should not just be about genocide of Jews
One of Jeremy Corbyn's most senior allies is facing calls to resign after suggesting that it would be "wonderful" if Holocaust Memorial Day was not just about the genocide of Jews.
Jackie Walker, vice-chair of Momentum, who has previously been suspended over alleged anti-Semitic remarks, also questioned the party's definition of anti-Semitism during the training session, prompting party members to shout and heckle in disbelief.
The chair of Jewish Labour has demanded Ms Walker resign over the "provocative and insensitive" remarks, the second time this week that members have called for her to be suspended from the party.
In a secret recording obtained by The Telegraph, she can be heard arguing that Holocaust Memorial Day, one of the most significant dates of remembrance of the persecution of the Jews, is not inclusive enough.
Labour to hold talks with SNP over Brexit
Labour's shadow foreign secretary has said she would hold talks with the SNP in a bid to keep the UK in the single market - although she ruled out the possibility of Scotland striking a separate Brexit deal from the rest of the country.
Emily Thornberry also made clear that while Labour could have discussions with Nicola Sturgeon's party to see if the UK could avoid a "hard Brexit" and stay part of the single market, it would not enter into a pact with the SNP.
The Scottish First Minister has said membership of the single market, which protects the free movement of goods and people, "seems to be the obvious consensus position we should try to work towards".
But in a speech at the Institute of Directors conference in London on Tuesday, she also made clear the Scottish Government is "looking to see if there are ways in which - for example - the benefits of single market membership could be retained by Scotland even if they are discarded by the rest of the UK".
Ms Thornberry said she would be "more than happy" to talk to the SNP about how the UK could stay in the single market following the vote to leave the European Union.
But she stressed there must be one deal for the whole of the UK.
'Jeremy needs to prove himself'
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said the current immigration system was in "chaos" and insisted there must be "controls".
"We have to have controls on immigration, that's quite clear," she told BBC News, despite Jeremy Corbyn refusing to call for controls.
She said: "You have to know who is coming in to your country and who is leaving your country.
"We have to got to make sure that our economic situation is good for everybody because immigration is a good thing for us, but what undermines (that) is when people feel that it is unvetted and that we are not able to deal with the issues and the concerns that people have around that."
Ms Rayner said investing in public services would help ease "tensions" around immigration and insisted it was "important" that there were controls on migration.
Asked if she meant there should be controls on numbers, she replied: "I believe that you do need controls and we have always had controls on immigration."
She added: "Immigration is a good thing for the UK but what is not good is when people don't know about what numbers we have. I think you do have to talk about those things. People raise that on the doorstep all the time and it is important that we deal with those concerns."
Ms Rayner said Mr Corbyn must "prove himself" and admitted that voters would not support Labour while it was "squabbling". She told BBC Radio 5 Live: "We have got a long way to go. Jeremy needs to prove himself and earn that respect of the general public, which he hasn't been able to sell that to the general public yet and he's got some work to do on that.
"I hope he can lay out his plans and be given that opportunity to do that.
"Divided parties never win. The fact that we are squabbling amongst ourselves, you are not going to vote for us.
"I have been embarrassed by the way things have gone on over the summer and I want us to come back together."
Jeremy Corbyn's top adviser Seumas Milne 'not quitting'
The future of Jeremy Corbyn's most senior aide has been thrown into doubt after senior party sources said he could go within days.
Sources closes to Mr Corbyn were forced to deny that Seumas Milne, his closest adviser, could quit the Labour leader's top team within days.
The website PoliticsHome reported senior Labour sources as saying Mr Milne would be going, but within minutes one party source said the report was "untrue", adding: "There's no plans for him to leave as far as I'm aware. It's business as usual."
Mr Milne, who has been a controversial figure at the centre of the Labour leader's top team, is on secondment from his role as a columnist at The Guardian.
He sparked a furious reaction at the Labour conference in Liverpool when he altered the autocue for the speech delivered by Clive Lewis, the shadow defence secretary, to remove a line about renewing the Trident nuclear deterrent.
A visibly angry Mr Lewis is said to have been told about the change to his speech in a text message moments before going on stage.
The report that Mr Milne could be going came as a junior member of Mr Corbyn's team carried out the Labour leader's main press briefing yesterday, a role usually assigned to the most senior member of staff - Mr Milne.
A Labour spokesman said: "We don't comment on staffing matters."
Corbyn admits debt would increase if he is PM
Jeremy Corbyn was also questioned about his plans to borrow hundreds of billions of pounds to invest in infrastructure, housing and public services.
Asked how much it might cost, he told the BBC: "At the moment interest rates are extremely low on government bonds so it would not be expensive. The return would be enormous."
He admitted that the plan would "increase debt to some extent" but insisted: "The return you get from it is so good in terms of greater economic growth.
"What we are doing is saying if we are going to deal with the issues everyone faces in our society, such as our children not having anywhere to live, then the way to address that is investment which reduces borrowing in the longer term."
Corbyn: 'Very strange' to compare me to Trump
Ed Balls, the former shadow chancellor and now Strictly Come Dancing star, likened Jeremy Corbyn to Donald Trump recently because both have achieved success through the "protest" vote.
But Mr Corbyn told BBC Radio 4 that it is a "very strange" comparison.
" I don't think Donald Trump and I have much in common on anything," he said.
But asked if he agreed there was a comparison to be made in the sense that both had defied expectations, he said: "Leicester City did last year. Lots of people defy the odds. It was an interesting experience last year to see the thirst of people, it wasn't that they aren't political, it was that politics wasn't interested in them."
Corbyn fails to spell out his flagship policy on immigration
Jeremy Corbyn has failed to say how much his flagship migration impact fund would cost or where it would be spent when pressed on the issue this morning.
The Labour leader could not tell BBC Radio 4's Today programme any details of the fund which he will propose in a speech today in a bid to tackle people's concerns about immigration.
He also refused to accept that the levels of migration to the UK are too high.
Asked about the fund he said: "The last one was £50million, I think it would need to be more than that now. Clearly it is not unlimited but if we don't have a migrant impact fund there's the danger of an affect on public services and a blame culture. We have to look at the needs of local authorities."
Asked what he would say to people in areas that would not receive the funding but are still concerned about the levels of migration to the country as a whole, Mr Corbyn said: "I ask them to consider what people who migrate to this country actually do, the numbers who work in our NHS - and the large numbers of British people who have made their lives in France and Spain.
"Net migration is roughly equal within Europe and outside Europe in this country. There are also large numbers of overseas students who are often included in those figures which is not sensible.
"The migrants who have come here have made an enormous contribution. I understand the problems that can come in some areas but I also understand that there are many industries and jobs that have done well from migrant labour and they are concerned they won't have short term migrant labour.
"We have to allay people's concerns on the impact but we also have to recognise the benefit to our economy."
Fury of Labour MPs over Corbyn's immigration stance
He hasn't even made his speech yet but Jeremy Corbyn's comments on immigration have sparked fury with Labour MPs.
Mr Corbyn has said he is "relaxed" about the levels of migration to the UK, instead only offering to reinstate the migrant impact fund which provides extra funding to communities hit by higher levels of migration.
One Labour MP described his comments as "toxic", while another told the BBC they are "patronising".
Mr Corbyn even risks upsetting his shadow cabinet. Angela Rayner, the shadow education minister, said: "Immigration is a good thing for the UK but what is not good is people not knowing about the numbers. I think you do have to talk about that."
Amber Rudd criticises Corbyn on immigration
Responding to Jeremy Corbyn's comments on immigration, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said: “All this shows is that Jeremy Corbyn wants unlimited immigration - and presides over a Labour Party that is too divided, incompetent and distracted to lead our country.
“While Labour have lurched from one disaster to another this week, we will get on with the job of building a country that works for everyone.”
Varoufakis praises John McDonnell's economic vision
Some praise for shadow chancellor John McDonnell's economic vision this morning from Greece's former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We are in full agreement that there is one word which encapsulates what Britain is missing and that is investment. My estimation is that there is £900billion sitting there in the city, you need to energise that money. There are whole regions falling behind. GDP per capita has not been rising in this country. It is gross economic mismanagement. John McDonnell rightly focuses on what must be done."
Corbyn spokesman: 'It is not an objective to reduce immigration'
It is Mr Corbyn’s stance on immigration that will dominate the final day of the conference.
Mr Corbyn will use his speech to announce a “migrant impact fund” to “give extra support to areas of high migration”.
However, when asked whether Mr Corbyn wants to reduce the number of foreigners coming to the UK, his spokesman said: “It is not an objective to reduce immigration. It is not an objective to reduce the numbers.”
Asked if Mr Corbyn would be “relaxed” if the number of migrants coming to the UK increased, the spokesman added: “As long as the consequences of immigration are tackled.”
Mr Corbyn’s view is in direct contrast to that of Andy Burnham, the shadow home secretary, who used his speech to say that Labour voters feel "taken for granted and abandoned" because of the failure of the "political class" to curb immigration.
He added: “Labour must face up fully to this fact: millions of our lifelong supporters voted to leave the EU and voted for change on immigration.”
Mr Corbyn will say that he wants “coterminosity” between the wages of European countries, meaning that every country on the continent would have the same minimum wage.
Last night he said: “What I’d do about immigration is try and bring about is a degree of coterminosity, a degree of equality on work conditions and wages across Europe which is why I made such a big emphasis in the referendum campaign which two thirds of Labour voters voted to remain was for the enforcement of the Posting of Worker Directive to prevent the undercutting of agreed local conditions in this country.”
Corbyn looked dejected as Watson hailed Blair era
It comes at the end of a chaotic Labour conference that has been dominated by infighting.
On Tuesday Tom Watson, Labour’s deputy leader, received a standing ovation as he called on Mr Corbyn and other senior figures to stop “trashing the record” of the Blair and Brown government if they ever want to win a general election.
Mr Corbyn looked dejected as he watched Mr Watson speak, refusing to join the standing ovation. When he was heckled by a member of the audience, Mr Watson turned to Mr Corbyn and said: “Jeremy, I don’t think she got the unity memo.”
Corbyn 'relaxed' about higher immigration
Jeremy Corbyn is “relaxed” about the prospect of higher immigration and the Labour leader does not believe in reducing the number of foreigners coming to the UK.
Before of his speech to Labour’s party conference, Mr Corbyn’s aides said that “it is not an objective to reduce immigration”.
Instead, Mr Corbyn will tell the conference in Liverpool that taxpayers’ money should be spent in areas seeing increased migration to reduce the strain on public services.
Mr Corbyn will say that the best way to deal with immigration across Europe is to “harmonise wages” in every country, so that Romanian and Bulgarian migrants no longer want to travel to Britain because they are paid the same in their own country.
The refusal to tackle the issue of immigration will infuriate Labour voters who backed Brexit because of their concerns over immigration.
And it will cause a split with many of his own MPs who believe that the party must address the issue of immigration if it is to have any hope of returning to power.