Hello and welcome to The Rundown, a podcast from Politics Home.

I'm your host Alan Tolhurst, I won't be for a special live episode from the Conservative Party Conference of Birmingham,

three fantastic guests, the former Brexit Minister Lord Frost, ex-Northand-Ean Environment Secretary Theresa Villas,

and the MP for Rotland & Mell and member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, Alyssa Kearns.

So, just to quote Quasi Quarteng, what a day. We've had Cabinet Ministers of Briefing

against Number 10 for reversing the abolition of 45P tax rates, you know, accusations from

ministers about backbench attempting a coup, confusion over

just when exactly the fiscal statement will take place.

So I'll ask you all, how exactly is conference going for you guys?

Well, I mean, I think certainly the headlines coming out to the conference are not the ones

we would have wanted, but what I feel very strongly about is we have a plan.

It is all about growing the economy. We are all agreed how vital it is to grow the economy. We've

got to make this plan work. And that does require unity. Yes, we're always going to have our

debates, particularly when we're dealing with such difficult circumstances as we are at the moment.

I mean, the economy has been subject to extreme shocks as a result of global events.

So inevitably, there will be differences of you.

But we have just chosen a new prime minister.

We need to back her and her plan.

If we don't do that, there's no chance of us winning the general election.

Yeah, Lord Frost, you wrote last week that it's not been a great start. The government must raise

its game and fast. Do you think it has so far? I still think there's a little bit to do.

And the government has got the right plan.

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