06/10/2026

13.00 The Telegraph

Hyatt Regency Birmingham : DFS

The Daily T: On the Road

Camilla Tominey (The Daily Telegraph, Associate Editor)
Tim Stanley (The Telegraph, Columnist)
Allister Heath (The Sunday Telegraph, Editor)
Annabel Denham (The Telegraph, Columnist and Senior Political Commentator)

Join four of Britain’s foremost journalists for a live recording of The Daily T podcast. Watch as they unpack the day's key talking points and ask what Kemi must do to attract more Conservative voters.

Snacks Drinks

15.10 Centre for Policy Studies

Birmingham ICC : Hall 7

Making Whitehall Work

Alex Burghart MP ( , Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster)
Ameer Kotecha (Centre for Government Reform, CEO)
Lee Rowley (Centre for Policy Studies, Research Fellow)
Alex Thomas (Institute for Government, Executive Director - Impact and Influence)
Chaired by Annabel Denham (The Telegraph, Columnist and Senior Political Commentator)

Successive ministers have complained they struggled to implement change once in government because the levers of Whitehall seem disconnected. Is the problem bad ministers or bad civil servants? Too many arms-length bodies or not enough devolved power? Join our panel to discuss what needs to change to ensure the next Conservative government can make an impact from day one.