All you need to know about the 2007 Labour Party conference in Bournemouth.
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CONFERENCE CATCH-UP
Gordon Brown says he is a conviction politician who wants to "defend and extend" British values, in his first speech as leader to the Labour party conference.
I won't let you down, says BrownHome Office Security Minister Tony McNulty has admitted the government made mistakes in response to the 7 July 2005 bomb attacks in London.
'Mistakes made after 7/7'Mariella Frostrup, not normally known as a pushover, seemed to come over all unnecessary when she hosted a question-and-answer session with the prime minister at the Labour conference.
Sketch: Gordon melts MariellaEducation Secretary Ed Balls tells Labour's conference the exam system in England is to be put in the hands of an independent watchdog to counter criticism that GCSEs and A-levels are getting easier.
Watchdog to tackle standards'Labour treasurer Jack Dromey tells the party's conference he is confident it is ready for a general election, as he outlines the state of its finances.
Labour finances 'election ready'Lord Tebbit says Gordon Brown's move to be seen as "heir to Thatcher" shows his "political nous".
Tebbit praises PM's Thatcher moveHome Secretary Jacqui Smith tells a fringe meeting the time has come to look again at extending the 28-day limit on holding terrorism suspects.
Terror detention 'to be extended'British history should be rewritten to make it "more inclusive", says Trevor Phillips, the head of the new human rights and equality commission.
British history 'needs rewrite'Foreign Secretary David Miliband pledges to "learn the right lessons" from the "successes and the scars" of the Tony Blair years.
We must learn lessons - MilibandHealth Secretary Alan Johnson fleshes out the pledge to tailor a personal health service for the 21st century in his keynote conference speech.
Johnson promises 'personal' NHSA showdown between the unions and Labour leadership over closure plans for factories employing disabled people appears to have been averted.
Remploy confrontation 'averted'Union leaders backed away from a showdown with Gordon Brown because they did not want to ruin his first Labour conference as leader, it has emerged.
Unions didn't want "bloodbath"
The conference ends with the BBC learning that Labour has begun recruiting people who would play an integral role in any forthcoming general election campaign.
Labour 'recruits election staff'
CONFERENCE DIARY
FRINGE HIGHLIGHTS
MUSLIM COUNCIL 'DOES STERLING JOB' At the fringe discussing 10 years of the Muslim Council of Britain, its chair Dr Mohammed Abdul Bari said that "terrrorism is inhuman" and that we all sink or swim together. He added that the media had been "relentlessly hostile" since the 7th July attacks. But he said that attacks carried out in the name of Islam were not just a Muslim issue. He made the point that the 7/7 bombers may have been Muslims, but they were Britons as well. Labour MP Sadiq Khan teased the audience over the ongoing election fever referring to "the general election next month... or whenever it is they're called". He added that while all organisations have flaws, the Muslim Council of Britain was doing "a sterling job". Joanna Shinn
MINISTER BACKS GANGS EXIT STRATEGY At a fringe meeting to discuss gun and knife crime, the father of murdered 10 year old Damilola Taylor said people who get involved in offences are disgruntled about things in society - and it's that society needs to address. Eighteen-year-old Lhamea Lall, the Youth Board Chair of Kids Count, talked of being bullied and receiving a death threat via her website. She said her school and the police didn't address either issue - and cash being spent on the Olympics should be spent on facilities for young people instead. Mike Jervis, from Defending Da Hood - a group which encourages mediation between rival gangs - said the authorities need to change their thinking on projects which discourage black-on-black violence. Home office minister Vernon Coaker said most young people are decent, and growing up in difficult times. He backed early intervention and exit strategies for those who want to leave gangs. Joanna Shinn
GOVERNMENT 'WILL HIT AID TARGETS' Douglas Alexander said he was flying to New York for two days of meeting with the UN and the Clinton Foundation on development goals. He said he was confident his international development department would get enough cash in the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review to keep the UK on track to meet its target of 0.7% of gross national product spent on aid each year. He also criticised the Conservatives' recent policy commission report on development, saying many of the aid agencies who had praised were only doing so because they had contributed to it. He said the Tory report was "incoherent". Brian Wheeler
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Gordon Brown to Mariella Frostrup on a snap election
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