Conservative Party conference cancelled
The Conservatives have abandoned hopes of staging their party conference this year, axing the autumn event planned for Birmingham.
Boris Johnson’s party had tried to save its conference – even after Labour and the Liberal Democrats scrapped theirs because of coronavirus – but will now hold a “virtual” event.
“We know that many people will be disappointed,” party chairman Amanda Milling told members.
The delay in making the announcement had prompted suggestions that the prime minister wanted to send out a ‘business as usual’ message, by ploughing ahead.
But, last week, the government was forced to implement a local lockdown in nearby Leicester, because of a spike in infections, with other crackdowns widely expected.
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