Unison and GMB understood to be likely to back motion to reverse policy

• Starmer vows to protect public services from fresh austerity
• Labour heads to conference in a spin
• Interview: Starmer defends his record

Labour has made no contact with other parties over new talks to resolve England’s social care crisis, amid fresh demands for a workable plan that secures cross-party support, Michael Savage reports.

Labour is today announcing plans for what it describes as “planning passports” to enable homes to be build more easily in urban areas. Toby Helm has written up the story for the Observer.