Cleverly says it was a mistake for Sunak to say he would ‘stop the boats’ because that was ‘unachievable target’ – as it happened

Former home secretary says the phrase stop the boats' was an error' and it was too complicated a problem to distil into a soundbite. This live blog is closed

Robert Jenrick has used a campaign rally just outside the Conservative conference to paint the issue of migration in highly stark terms, saying his party will die" if it does not commit to quitting the European convention on human rights. (See 8.23am.)

Speaking to supporters in a studio theatre at Birmingham Rep, Jenrick repeated his styling of the issue in Brexit terms, saying the choice was between the leave" of leaving the ECHR or remain" of staying in it, and that this was a chance to get migration done".

This is more than just, leave or amend' - frankly, our party doesn't have a future unless we take a stand and fix this problem. It's leave or die for our party - I'm for leave.

Foreign national offenders in our country,who we have struggled to deport because of our membership of the European Convention on Human Rights - that's the issue I was raising.

What is the biggest challenge we face as a party?

Our biggest strategic challenge is the fact that the average age above which you are more likely to vote Conservative than Labour is now over 60.