Policy pledges From spending cuts to stop and search

Kemi Badenoch warned her shadow cabinet in January not to expect any detailed policies until 2027. "We're not creating policies for 2028 in 2025," a Tory spokesperson said at the time.

- Kiran Stacey

This week that changed. In Manchester, shadow ministers have lined up to announce detailed, far-reaching and often radical new policies. Yet with the party languishing at 17% in the polls, many of these announcements have struggled to gain traction. Here is a roundup of some of the most significant.

Leaving the ECHR and establishing a British Ice

One of Badenoch's first announcements of the conference was that the Tories would leave the European convention on human rights if elected.

The announcement was part of the party's "borders" plan - a somewhat tortured acrostic that included banning irregular migrants from ever claiming asylum. The Tories would also repeal the Human Rights Act and leave the Council of Europe convention on action against trafficking. They would also end immigration trials and the right for people to claim legal aid to fight their immigration cases.

The policy would also mean establishing a British version of Ice - the US force that has been raiding communities and businesses in search of illegal immigrants.

Nearly £50bn in spending cuts