Following the Conservative Leader’s closing speech in Manchester, Mancunian Matters spoke to HS2 minister Huw Merriman and Conservative Home Author Tim Montgomerie.
Rishi Sunak has closed the Conservative Party Conference at Manchester’s Central Convention Centre with his speech outlining policies he wishes to implement.
The speculation around the fate of HS2 dominated the conference this year, with Sunak finally deciding to scrap the West Midlands to Manchester route and instead invest the £36bn into new road, bus and rail schemes in the North and Midlands.
Sunak additionally plans to phase out smoking to move to a smoke-free generation, meaning a 14-year-old will never be able to purchase a tobacco-related product.
MPs will be given a free vote in Parliament to decide on the issue.
With regards to education, a new A-level model will be implemented which has been labelled as the ‘Advanced British Standard’, which will be introduced to those students currently starting primary school.
These new qualifications will see students typically studying at least 5 subjects and must include some form of English and Maths.
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