Sunak’s conference speech, introduced by his wife, contained some news, although no surprises. Guido gives you the main points…

• No tax cuts
• Bashed Starmer for “just banging on about Europe”.
• Rest of HS2 cancelled in favour of £36 billion worth of “Network North” projects.
• HS2 will go to Euston
• £2 bus fare cap in England will remain
• New Zealand-style smoking ban, so a 14 year-old today will never legally be allowed to buy a cigarette.
• On vapes, “looking at flavours, packaging, point-of-sale displays and disposable vapes”.
• Sunak “won’t be bullied into believing ‘people can be any sex they want to be”.
• Double student medics and also reform “workflows” of the NHS.
• No more “rip-off degrees” at universities.
• A-Levels scrapped, new “Advanced British Standard” to “bring together A-Levels and T-Levels into a new, single qualification”. which will see students studying maths and English till age 18.
• Teachers of “key subjects” to receive tax-free bonuses of up to £30,000 over the first five years of their career.

“It’s time for change…”