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What’s on today at Conservative conference: The Spectator guide

Conservative party conference kicks off today in Manchester with a speech from Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. Michael Gove, Liz Truss and Jacob Rees-Mogg will also be taking part in panels on the main stage. Here are the highlights today:

Main agenda:

14.00: Welcome to Conference
James Cleverly and Pamela Hall

14.20: Building a Safe and Prosperous Britain
Ben Wallace MP, Alok Sharma MP, Liz Truss MP

15.05: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs speech

Dominic Raab MP

15.15: Delivering Brexit

Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, Michael Gove MP, Stephen Barclay MP

16.30: Meet the Chairman

Fringe events:

12.45: The Future of Conservatism: How to win back younger voters

Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP, David Willetts, Neil O’Brien MP, Katy Balls, Amber Rudd MP, Rishi Sunak MP; Alexandra B, Midland Hotel

13.15: HuffPost UK in Conversation with The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Health Secretary

Paul Waugh, Matt Hancock MP; Manchester Central, Exchange 6 & 7 Combined

14.00: Britain Beyond Brexit

George Freeman MP; Manchester Central, Centre for Policy Studies, The Gallery

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