today. it s wednesday, the 5th of october. the prime minister will attempt to get her own party on side today as she makes her keynote speech at the conservative conference. liz tru55 is expected to insist that her economic plans will be worth what she ll call the disruption they cause. the event in birmingham has seen a dramatic u turn, policy changes and threatened rebellions, as our political correspondent ione wells reports. how s it going? very well. - the chancellor laughs. but it couldn t be further from the truth. the hard hats on a visit here in birmingham couldn t shield the prime minister and chancellor from a bruising few days at their party conference. liz truss plans to use her set piece speech today to explain why the disruption caused by her economic policies will be worth it. she will argue everyone will benefit from economic growth she thinks her tax cuts will bring.
at the conservative conference. liz truss is expected to insist that her economic plans will be worth what she ll call the disruption they cause. the event in birmingham has seen a dramatic u turn, policy changes and threatened rebellions, as our political correspondent ione wells reports. how s it going? very well. - the chancellor laughs. but it couldn t be further from the truth. the hard hats on a visit here in birmingham couldn t shield the prime minister and chancellor from a bruising few days at their party conference. conservatives arrived here with the markets in turmoil at the government s plans to borrow to fund £16 billion in tax cuts. they leave facing political upset, too. first, unhappy tory mps forced ministers to perform a u turn over their plans to cut the top rate of tax for the highest earners. the home secretary, suella braverman, accused her colleagues of staging a coup.
and you can watch the pm s speech in full here on bbc news at 11 o clock. how s it going? very well. the chancellor laughs. but it couldn t be further from the truth. the hard hats on a visit here in birmingham couldn t shield the prime minister and chancellor from a bruising few days at their party conference. liz truss plans to use her set piece speech today to explain why the disruption caused by her economic policies will be worth it. she will argue everyone will benefit from economic growth she thinks her tax cuts will bring. her challenge today is to take the members and mps in the room with her. unhappy tory mps forced ministers to perform a u turn over their plans to cut the top rate of tax for the highest earners. the home secretary, suella braverman, accused her colleagues of staging a coup. i m very disappointed that members of our own parliamentary party staged a coup, effectively, and undermined