Hard-working people should not have to live in poverty in modern Britain, shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has said.

The Labour frontbencher said work was simply not paying enough, and pledged to ensure more better-paid, secure jobs across the country if his party is elected next year.

Speaking at Labour's annual conference, he said: "For too many people work is simply not paying enough. The majority of people living in poverty in this country actually have a job."

The Streatham MP also warned of Ukip's attempts to exploit people's insecurities for its own agenda.

"Nigel Farage says he wants to keep the flame of Thatcherism alive. Well, to quote the lady herself, 'No. No. No'."