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Conservative conference agenda

The Conservatives begin their conference in Manchester in Monday - here is a rundown of the highlights.

MONDAY

Ready for change:

  • Policy review chairman Oliver Letwin
  • Shadow Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude
  • Mayor of London Boris Johnson

Reforming Politics - Accountability and Transparency:

  • Shadow Commons leader Sir George Young
  • Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie
  • Shadow foreign secretary William Hague

Reforming Politics - Decentralisation and Social Action:

  • Shadow communities secretary Caroline Spelman
  • Shadow minister for community cohesion Sayeeda Warsi

The NHS:

  • Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley

TUESDAY

Transport and Housing:

  • Shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers
  • Shadow housing minister Grant Shapps

The Economy:

  • Shadow chief Treasury secretary Philip Hammond
  • Shadow chancellor George Osborne

Business:

  • Shadow business secretary Ken Clarke

The Green Economy:

  • Shadow energy and climate change secretary Greg Clark
  • Shadow environment, food and rural affairs secretary Nick Herbert

WEDNESDAY

Schools and Sport:

  • Shadow children, schools and families secretary Michael Gove
  • Shadow culture, media and sport secretaryJeremy Hunt

Law and Order:

  • Shadow justice secretary Dominic Grieve
  • Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling

Welfare Reform:

  • Shadow work and pensions secretary and women's minister Theresa May

Family:

  • Shadow university and skills minister David Willetts
  • Shadow family minister Maria Miller

THURSDAY

Great Britain:

  • Shadow Welsh secretary Cheryl Gillan
  • Shadow Scottish secretary David Mundell
  • Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Owen Paterson
  • Welsh Conservative leader Nick Bourne
  • Ulster Unionist Party leader Sir Reg Empey

International and Security:

  • Shadow foreign secretary William Hague
  • Shadow international development minister Andrew Mitchell
  • Shadow security minister Pauline Neville-Jones
  • Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox

Leader's speech:

  • David Cameron


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