When is Theresa May’s speech at the Conservative party conference today and where in Manchester is it taking place?
The four-day event is offering the Conservatives the chance to outline their vision for the future of the country after leaving the European Union.
THERESA May will bring the 2017 Conservative party conference to a close by becoming the first PM in decades to unveil a major programme to build council houses.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of her speech in Manchester as she tries to get her party back on track...
When is the Conservative party conference 2017?
The conference began on Su, day October 1 and finish on Wednesday, October 5.
This year Manchester is hosting the Tories after it was held in Birmingham in 2016.
The PM is set to take centre stage and close the conference on the Wednesday in a speech titled "building a country that works for everyone".
Whereabouts in Manchester is it being held?
Two venues in Manchester will host the conference - convention centre Manchester Central and nearby hotel The Midland.
Manchester Central is described as having "state-of-the-arts facilities for the world's leading conferences, exhibitions and events".
The Midland Hotel, which is situated across the road, boasts 14 conference and meeting rooms, and one of the best restaurants in the UK - Adam Reid at The French - according to the Waitrose Good Food Guide.
It's where Charles Rolls and Frederick Royce met before launching their famous car manufacturing company.
What's the schedule?
Full details of the schedule and fringe events can be found on the Conservative Party Conference .
On the first three days, there's a packed programme of speeches between 10am and 5.30pm.
Tuesday will be an eventful day before the PM's speech on Wednesday.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd in her conference speech has vowed to crackdown on the sale of acids to under-18s following a shocking rise in the number of acid attacks.
She told the party's conference: "Acid attacks are absolutely revolting."
She went on: "Today, I am also announcing a new offence to prevent the sale of acids to under 18s. Furthermore, given its use in the production of so-called ‘mother of Satan’ homemade explosives, I also announce my intention to drastically limit the public sale of sulphuric acid."
What did Boris Johnson say?
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson took to the podium on Tuesday and channelled his hero Sir Winston Churchill as he told the Tories to "be bold" and "let the lion roar".
He outlined his vision for Brexit and vowed the party was united behind the prime minister.
Johnson insisted his party would secure a positive outcome from European Union negotiations and secure a great Brexit deal.
He said: "There are people say we can’t do it. We say we can.
"We can win the future because we are the party that believes in this country and we believe in the potential of the British people. We have been privileged collectively to be placed in charge of this amazing country at a critical moment in our history.
"We are not the lion. We do not claim to be the lion.
"That role is played by the people of this country. But it is up to us now – in the traditional non-threatening, genial and self-deprecating way of the British – to let that lion roar."
The speech was heavily scrutinised after a series of interventions recently which has sparked anger among some Tories who have accused the Foreign Secretary of being on manoeuvres and plotting a leadership challenge.
Some have called for the PM to take action and sack Johnson.
What will Theresa May say in her speech?
In a second popular move, Mrs May will also announce in her speech that she is enforcing her long promised energy price cap.
Under the PM’s housing plan, ministers will join forces with housing associations to build hundreds of thousands of new homes, The Sun has learned.
Significantly increasing the stock of council houses is also intended to drive down rents across the private sector too, making housing more affordable for all struggling Brits.
Mrs May will champion the move as delivering for angry voters who have been failed by Britain’s chronic housing crisis, especially young people.
No10 aides also hope it will relieve massive pressure on the PM to show she has learned from the mistakes of her disastrous general election in June.
She will also use her crucial address in Manchester today to issue a desperate plea for panicking Tory ministers to stop plotting to succeed her and “do our duty by Britain” instead.
Mrs May will also insist she has the grit to carry on as PM despite the humiliation of throwing away her majority, saying: “It has never been my style to hide from a challenge, to shrink from a task, to retreat in the face of difficulty, to give up and turn away.
"And it is when tested the most that we reach deep within ourselves and find that our capacity to rise to the challenge before us may well be limitless.”
