The Conservative Party Conference is set to be impacted by rail strikes in October
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he Conservative Party Conference is scheduled to take place next week, with the new cabinet and ministerial team.
The Conference is an annual event that takes place during the party conference season, when the House of Commons is in recess.
Members of the party, the press and lobbying organisations can attend to hear speeches from key ministers, attend fringe events on a range of subjects and network.
Any policy announcements made at the conference can be implemented immediately.
Here is everything you need to know about the four-day event.
The autumn conference takes place between Sunday October 2 and Wednesday October 5 2022 in Birmingham.
It will be taking place at the International Convention Centre on Broad Street.
Tickets for the conference are still available but attendants should register ahead to avoid higher costs.
A party member ticket for the whole event is £220, for young Conservatives it s £120 and for treasurer’s guests it is £500.
Like in previous years, it is being run as a hybrid conference alongside the physical conference. This means you have a choice between attending in person or using the virtual platform.
Physical tickets also include full virtual access.
The Tory Conference will be impacted by train strikes set to take place on Wednesday October 5, the last day of the conference.
The services that will be disrupted include London Overground, West Midlands Trains, Avanti West Coast, Chiltern Railways, CrossCountry, Greater Anglia, Great Western Railway, Hull Trains, LNER, Northern Trains, Southeastern and TransPennine Express.
The organisers are making amendments to reflect the new, recently announced Cabinet and ministerial team, therefore Main Stage and Fringe programmes will be available from Monday September 26.
The Conference is likely to focus on the cost of living crisis, the mini-budget, the current war on Ukraine and Liz Truss’s fracking plan, which was first mentioned in the 2019 manifesto.