Strangely subdued

The mood of this conference has been supportive but apprehensive. And now we are finally seeing the outlines of Johnson’s negotiating plan.

Clifton-Brown: “This was a minor verbal misunderstanding…I am mortified”

In comments given to ConservativeHome after the incident he said “The police have not contacted me at all” but that he “apologise[s] unreservedly”.

Priti Patel: I will give the police the powers they need to defeat crime. Full text of her conference speech

“This daughter of immigrants, needs no lectures from the North London metropolitan liberal elite.”

Lord Ashcroft’s Conference Diary: Could Tory MPs be whipped to vote that they don’t have confidence…in their own Government?

And: Gigabit broadband will soon be “sprouting like vermicelli”, says Johnson. Plus: Mordaunt’s warnings and Hoey’s heroine’s welcome.

John Myers: We do not need to give up on places that have fallen behind

If we are serious about rebalancing, we could move the capital from London to Manchester.

Greg Taylor: Johnson must be bold and deliver real fiscal autonomy

A serious devolution agenda would champion freedom from the suffocating tendrils of risk-averse Whitehall mandarins.

WATCH: Burnham promises ‘almighty fight’ if Johnson tries to scrap HS2

The Mayor of Greater Manchester is responding to the Prime Minister’s new commission, which aims to independently re-assess the value of the project.

Andrew Laird: The Prime Minister’s devolution drive will protect public services from Brexit chaos

We cannot afford to have so much at risk of bandwidth bottlenecks in Westminster and Whitehall. It’s time to kickstart decentralisation.

WATCH: Johnson’s Manchester speech in full – “We are going to level up the powers offered to mayors”

The Prime Minister pledged to “rebalance power, growth and productivity across the UK” and provide a £3.6 billion Town’s Fund.

Iain Dale: The hustings. From Manchester to Belfast – and on to Nottingham.

Plus: Johnson, not a populist. Hunt’s beside manner. Lewis and his highly professional CCHQ team. And: the courage of 16 year old Ajay.

Iain Dale: If you’re coming to a hustings I’m chairing, draft an original question – and I’ll try to call you.

Plus: How I was booed in Birmingham. On to Nottingham…via Exeter. And: who would I vote for, if I had a vote?

Damian Flanagan: What drives the Conservatives’ underlying problems? For answers, ponder our exile from the cities of the north.

The Party cannot be one of the South and of the countryside if it is to engage with voters – and to win.

Simon Cooke: Who owns England? Not, it would appear, big business after all.

A Guardian author suggesting otherwise is wrong. The picture we get is of mostly stable land ownership.

Nick de Bois: The evidence and expertise exists to drive down knife crime – we need the political will to use it

Theresa May co-authored a report in 2012 which identified key lessons from a notable success story. Seven years later, why has so little been done?

Interview. “Look, this is a Christian country”, says Hinds. But he adds that the cap on new faith schools’ admissions should stay.

At times, says the Education Secretary, the post he holds requires “a bold and vociferous and constant presence”. But “at other times less so”.