Free speech is under threat It must be defended. If you agree, this is the time to join us. Enjoy a full year’s access to The Telegraph for £25. |  | Ben Riley-Smith Political Editor, in Manchester | Sir Mel Stride will attempt to wrestle back the Conservatives’ reputation for fiscal responsibility when he addresses Tory conference delegates in Manchester today.
The shadow chancellor does so with a £47bn spending cuts package and a raft of proposed changes, not least in welfare. Sir Mel will announce that, if the Tories return to office at the next election, only British citizens will be allowed to access benefits such as Universal Credit (UC) and disability payments.
It means the 470,000 people claiming UC who have been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK, limited leave to remain, refugee status or humanitarian status will lose out.
Sir Mel will say: “A fairer system also means ensuring that only British citizens can access welfare, because citizenship should mean something.”
The former work and pensions secretary is announcing seven different welfare reforms, with another being that people with mild mental health conditions will lose benefits.
There are non-welfare announcements too, and Sir Mel will say that the Civil Service needs to shrink by a quarter, bringing it back to pre-Brexit levels.
Easier said than done, you might say. Or indeed, as Labour sources pointed out last night, why did the Tories deliver none of this when they were actually in office?
But it does show a determination to use policy to hammer home the key message of this conference – that Reform UK does not have the detailed answers to solve Britain’s problems.
Last night, Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, promised that the Tories will deport foreign nationals found guilty of anti-Semitism. More announcements are expected this week.
Amid the Tory nostalgia here in Manchester – including an AI-generated talking Winston Churchill and mugs featuring Margaret Thatcher – a fightback is emerging.
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• 10am Sir Mel Stride, the shadow chancellor, delivers the main speech of the day.
• 1pm Tom Tugendhat, a former Tory leadership hopeful, shares his thoughts on how the party can win again.
• 1.30pm Robert Jenrick, who is absent from the Tory conference guide cover, appears in conversation with the Spectator magazine.
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|  | Matt Pritchett | Hello,
This week, we have this startled soldier. I’m excited to hear your thoughts. We also have our winner from last week below. When I drew the cartoon I was thinking about Jaguar’s cyber attack and the wheel having been somehow hacked into. Brian Green’s caption doesn’t have a news hook per se, but did really make me smile, and that’s the most important part.
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The almighty clash of civilisations otherwise known as the Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge will no longer be broadcast by the BBC. From next year, viewers unwilling to stand on the banks of the Thames in south-west London will have to go to Channel 4 for their fix.
Personally, I’ve never found it the most riveting event in the sporting calendar. (I was always suspicious of students who voluntarily got up early to row.) But if the BBC has indeed ditched the race on the grounds that it could be considered “elitist”, I think that’s both a shame and rather silly. It’s the kind of attitude that – to return to a theme of previous newsletters and, I admit, a bit of a pet peeve – results in Radio 3 blasting out the Star Wars theme tune. And what might be next, wondered Charles Holden: “The BBC has relinquished another iconic event. How long before Trooping the Colour is similarly dropped? The corporation is losing its sense of occasion.”
Christopher Willows added: “BBC Sport appears limited largely to football, rugby and snooker. There is a lack of motor sport, tennis (bar Wimbledon) and golf. Then, on other channels, there are the mind-numbing soaps and quiz shows.”
Judith Howard was puzzled by the suggestion of elitism: “My mother went to school near Putney, and for many years she and a friend would follow the race on bicycles from start to finish. They knew every crew member by name, and my mother kept a detailed diary of each year’s event. Her enthusiasm was passed on to me, and I have faithfully watched almost every race since – mostly from the comfort of my own home. She always championed Cambridge; I favoured Oxford. No one in our family attended either university.”
And Robin Nonhebel told how, “in 1968, I stayed in a remote farmhouse at the end of the Kintyre peninsula for 10 shillings a night. The farmer and his wife were hugely hospitable but clearly not well travelled. On learning that I was studying at Oxford University, they inquired as to where in London it was situated. The only time they had heard of either Oxford or Cambridge was when they watched the Boat Race on television. Apparently it was inclusive enough for them”. Has the BBC got it wrong? Let me know what you think here, or head to our Your Say page, exclusively on the Telegraph app. | Plan your day with the telegraph | Set your alarm to catch up with journalists on the Your Say page and listen to their analysis on our latest podcasts.
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