The Prime Minister will announce tomorrow that the h52 line between birmingham and manchester will be scrapped. Hes also set to lay out plans for billions of pounds of funding to improve east west rail, and local services. The labour mayor of Manchester Andy burnham says he tried to reach a compromise with Levelling Up Secretary michael gove in a last ditch meeting this afternoon. Mr burnham willjoin us live. Also tonight. The Home Secretary made her pitch to the right wing of the party, with warnings of a � hurricane of migration. The Wind Of Change that carried my own parents across the globe in the 20th century was a mere gust compared to the hurricane that is coming. How did her language go down with colleagues . Would you call it a hurricane . I would say its a big problem. My language is different to her language. Just like every politician is an individual. What do you think of her language . I think that she is trying to emphasise how important it is that we tackle something that the British Public are deeply concerned about. And, while the pm is laying out his stall tomorrow, those who might seek to replace him should the opportunity arrise have had their chance. Joes on the case. Who would catch your eye in terms of future leaders . Penny mordaunt. Tam future leaders . Penny mordaunt. Tom tu~endhat. Future leaders . Penny mordaunt. Tom tugendhat. What do you like about them . I tugendhat. What do you like about them . ~. Tugendhat. What do you like about them . ~. ,. ,. ,. , them . I think we need a strong woman and Penny Mordaunt them . I think we need a strong woman and Penny Mordaunt is them . I think we need a strong woman and Penny Mordaunt is excellent. And our panel of politicos will chew over the Ups And Downs of conference. Good evening from manchester. Rishi sunak will announce tomorrow in his first tory Conference Speech as Prime Minister, that he is scrapping the High Speed Train Line from birmingham to manchester. Nicks here. What do you know . And the last few days we been dancing around this one but this afternoon i found myself in the company of someone who absolutely knows what is going on and that allows us to report tonight that in his Conference Speech tomorrow the Prime Minister will announce that he is scrapping the second phase of h52, The Birmingham to manchester hsz, The Birmingham to manchester line. As i understand that the Prime Minister will take money earmarked for that line, potentially around £36 billion, and he will redirect that to three big things, improving local bus services, improving roads and a big nod to wards the east line in the north of england that would go from leeds to liverpool. They have been a flurry of meetings this afternoon, the Prime Minister met the conservative mayor of the West Midlands who was very keen on this line and he is said to be deeply unhappy. And the Levelling Up Secretary michael gove met andy burnham if course is the labour mayor of Greater Manchester. Not to steal his thunder but he did outline his plan which is to preserve the H52 Second Leg but build from north hs2 second leg but build from north to south and you press ahead with that east west line. So what is the context to this . Well we will have a raft of substantive Policy Announcement tomorrow in many areas, one source said to me ive never seen a Prime Minister make this many enhancements on the scale at any Party Political conference. Rishi sunak believes he has alighted upon the defining themes that will take up the defining themes that will take up to the General Election, in the first place that is an assault on all leaders of all parties dating back over the last 30 years and he says that they had presided over a political system which incentivises the easy decisions and not the right ones and he will and that status quo. Just over 30 years ago of course the labour, the leader was Margaret Thatcher and he does not include her. And on the Prime Minister will say hes prepared to take difficult decisions and difficult decisions that will upset people because his mission as he saysis people because his mission as he says is to fundamentally change our country and hs2 absolutely fits into that pattern. He said costs had been allowed to run out of control and the money would be better spent helping people in their everyday lives with buses and cars. Thank you very much. And we will talk to andy burnham life. But first. Despite the backwards and forwards about hs2, rishi sunak has been out on the airwaves today telling anyone wholl listen that this conservative Party Conference likely the last before the next General Election has been a roaring success. Certainly those gathered here have witnessed pockets of contentment and optimism about the prospects for the party, and signs some of the Prime Ministers recent messaging on issues like net zero and car ownership are landing with the membership. But despite the Prime Ministers protestations to the contrary, this has also been a conference characterised by discord, uncertainty and by moments many have interpreted as the first skirmishes in the Leadership Election expected to follow if there is a conservative defeat at the ballot box. None more so perhaps than the emphatic speech this afternoon from Home SecretarySuella Braverman in which she warned of a � hurricane of migration and questioned the human rights act. Tomorrow all eyes will be on rishi sunak himself as he addresses the party. With many believing his would be successors are already on maneouvures, the Prime Minister finds himself under pressure to articulate his vision for britain and to explain how he intends to unite his Fractious Party behind him. Nick has been out and about. Applause. A politician who knows how to make a mark. A politician granted a pretty free rein by Downing Street. Suella braverman, a Home Secretary determined to confront her labour critics. I know theyve tried to make me into a hate figure. Because i tell the truth. The blunt, unvarnished truth about what is happening in our country. And then language rarely heard from other Cabinet Ministers. The Wind Of Change that carried my own parents across the globe in the 20th century was a mere gust compared to the hurricane that is coming. Highly controversial ideas are presented to the workforce and the public as if they are motherhood and apple pie. Gender ideology, white privilege, anti british history. And the evidence demonstrates that if you dont challenge this poison, thingsjust got worse. One of those comments prompted a heckle, saying there is no such thing as gender ideology. Homophobic rant, she should be ashamed of herself. Shes not a tory. Andrew boff, the conservative chair of the london assembly, who is a Veteran Campaigner for equalities, was removed. That prompted criticism from a former cabinet minister. I have been coming to conference for 35 years or more and a bit of heckling and a little bit of dispute is part of the warp and weft of a Party Conference. Im disappointed that the Security Team took this to an extreme, i think. It is a heavy handed approach to a senior conservative who is entitled to his opinion. Suella braverman was not responsible for the actions of the Security Guards and the Police Officers who escorted Andrew Boff Out of the Conference Hall. And later the Home Secretary said he should be let back in. But she was responsible for the speech, and Downing Street was responsible for clearing it. So what is going on . Well, Suella Braverman is one of those few Cabinet Ministers who is given a licence to speak her mind. That helps Downing Street because it means the conservatives reach voters that Downing Street want to reach. 0ne Senior Tory told me, you will never hear the Prime Minister use that sort of language. An ally of the Home Secretary hailed the speech. I thought it was a tour de force. Because what it did was set out the context of why it is so important that we win the next election. There is a huge battle going on for the soul of britain. On one side you have the Liberal Elite with all their predilections and preoccupations and then you have the voice of the people and Suella Braverman has emerged as the champion of the people. But sir Robert Buckland was unimpressed. Well look, i havent heard the full speech and i dont like to pass judgment without knowing the full content. But i will say this, i think it is incumbent on all of us to use language that is responsible, measured, and is up to the level of events. That is what i expect from senior politicians. And that is what i want to see this week. And talking about a potential hurricane of migrants, does that meet your test on language . No. Tomorrow its the Prime Ministers day. And what precisely is the Rishi Sunak Vision . Im not going to steal his thunder from his big speech tomorrow. But you will be, you know, you will be impressed, i have no doubt. Tomorrow will be a Turning Point in our destiny because lots of people have written us offjust a few months back. We were 20 odd points behind in the polls. That has closed. Theres a lot of criticism around net zero. There is no criticism, what a load of nonsense that is. Criticism from who, the media . From the Liberal Elite . From the green lobby . I say go to ashfield, knock on some doors, there is no criticism there at all. A star turn in demand, the Prime Ministers wife giving wife giving her blessing to the conference. Lets talk note to the labour mayor of greater Manchester Andy burnham. So the hs2 line from birmingham to manchester is being scrapped. What is your reaction . Is your reaction . Anyone who lives in the north is your reaction . Anyone who lives in the north of is your reaction . Anyone who lives in the north of england is your reaction . Anyone who lives in the north of england knows is your reaction . Anyone who lives in the north of england knows the | in the north of england knows the thing we most need is a new line across the north. As a result of this decision is how it is to be announced tomorrow any one of my age and older will never see that new line in a lifetime. You cannot create that new line if you pull the heart out of hs2 which is the infrastructure in Greater Manchester and that is why this is devastating for our city region and for the north of england because we desperately need modern infrastructure across the north because people put up with daily chaos on the railways and sadly that is now set to continue. Hat is now set to continue. Not necessarily, is now set to continue. Not necessarily, were is now set to continue. Not necessarily, were told is now set to continue. Not necessarily, were told rishi sunak will say 36 billion, £37 billion which will be saved from not doing that high speed line will be reinvested in regional transport links across the north and the midlands. I links across the north and the midlands. ,. , ~ links across the north and the midlands. ,. , midlands. I will look at the detail but honestly midlands. I will look at the detail but honestly i midlands. I will look at the detail but honestly i do midlands. I will look at the detail but honestly i do not midlands. I will look at the detail but honestly i do not believe midlands. I will look at the detaili but honestly i do not believe that will deliver what the north needs. The north needs a new line. I think they will spin it that they are building a new line but i do not see how they can do that as well as the other thing is that they promise. Sometimes in politics it is notjust what you do with the way you do it so announcing this decision in manchester i think itjust shows contempt for the place, the Prime Ministerfound time for contempt for the place, the Prime Minister found time for lots of things today but not to speak to the leader of Manchester City council are not to speak to me and that is no way to treat the city of manchester when youre there hosting a conference. We are completely shut out of this decision and having to go from Media Reports of what is to be announced. No way to treat the good people of Greater Manchester and the wider north. You good people of Greater Manchester and the wider north. And the wider north. You had this lastditch meeting and the wider north. You had this lastditch meeting with and the wider north. You had this lastditch meeting with michael. And the wider north. You had this lastditch meeting with michael gove last ditch meeting with michael gove this afternoon. What did you say to him and what did he say to you . I was grateful for that opportunity at least and i said there potentially are some Common Ground here, if you build the core of hs2 in Greater Manchester that is the infrastructure that bills that liverpool to leeds line across the north. I suppose tonight i have to hold up the hope that that message was heard and thats what will be announced but i do not see how they can do that with all the other thing is that they are promising. Thats why i am sceptical tonight as to what is being announced. Why would they not meet us and have a conversation . For50 they not meet us and have a conversation . For 50 years weve taken a cross Party Approach to this, this is long term infrastructure out living in a government and for them to be in a hotel room in manchester deciding the future of the north today without even consulting us does not feel at all the right way to do things. In effect what they are deciding is that the north of england will have a smaller economy for the rest of the century as a result of this decision, what they say is it is ok for people to get hsz say is it is ok for people to get hs2 from london to birmingham and an eagle onto the existing Rail Infrastructure which is already overcapacity. What message will not send to people in our part of the world . The one they have got used to all their lives that they are second class citizens when it comes to transport in the eyes of the whitehall and Westminster System and this conservative government. Michael gove is the Levelling Up Secretary. Did you get the impression that he agrees with the scrapping of it . What did he say to you . Scrapping of it . What did he say to ou . �. ,. ,. ,. ,. , you . Im not going to go into the details. You . Im not going to go into the details he you . Im not going to go into the details. He did you . Im not going to go into the details. He did the you . Im not going to go into the details. He did the courtesy you . Im not going to go into the details. He did the courtesy of i details. He did the courtesy of hearing my alternative solution, and i was grateful for that much. I asked the Prime Minister a week ago whether he would do us the courtesy of a meeting, and the fact that he couldnt find time for that while he was in our city, i dont personally find that acceptable, given the enormity of this decision for our part of the world. It has echoes of that debate. Theyjust think part of the world. It has echoes of that debate. They just think that they can treat us differently, and they can treat us differently, and they just they can treat us differently, and theyjust think we they can treat us differently, and they just think we dont they can treat us differently, and theyjust think we dont deserve that hearing, they have spen