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Thank you for joining The Telegraph’s coverage of the second day of the Conservative Party conference here in Birmingham. Here is a summary of today’s key developments:

Andrew Griffith, the shadow chancellor, pledged to scrap Labour’s “mansion tax” on homes worth more than £2m.

He also vowed to cut one tax at every Budget if the his party returns to power, in a nod to Nigel Lawson, Margaret Thatcher’s chancellor.

Jeremy Clarkson made a surprise appearance on the main stage, where he revealed he was thinking of opening a second pub - but not in the UK.

The Clarkson’s Farm star also accused the Labour Government of failing to understand rural life.

Andrew Bowie, the shadow energy secretary, pledged to end the “warped ideology” of net zero.

Richard Holden, the shadow transport secretary, said Kemi Badenoch would inherit a worse economic situation than Mrs Thatcher.

Mrs Badenoch’s spokesman urged Tory MPs and activists to get…