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Michael White's conference daily: Tories cautious on election

Michael White reflects on David Cameron's warning against complacency at the Conservative conference in Manchester, and Dan Roberts looks at shadow chancellor George Osborne's options

Michael White, senior political commentator, looks back on the first day of the Conservative party conference in Manchester as the party faithful guard against complacency.

On a day when all eyes are on George Osborne as he stakes his claim to take charge of Britain's troubled economy, the Guardian's head of business Dan Roberts assesses the task ahead.

And Andrew Gimson, the author of a biography of Boris Johnson, explains how the London mayor is teasing Cameron while playing to the gallery.

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  Conservatives to raise retirement age in bid to cut budget deficit

  Party claims move would slice an estimated £13bn a year off government spending

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