Tory conference diary: Long road remains despite accomplishments

The rhetoric hasn't changed. We are still talking about the importance of the deficit. Well, most of us are.

We have given more families money in their pocket by raising the personal allowance and have cut the deficit by half.

We still have a long way to go and what I am looking for this week is the continuation of that journey.

I will continue to be on the side of the hard working people of Wolverhampton South West, and support proposals designed to sure up our finances yet reward and help those who make this country what it is. Although it is right to mention the defection of Mark Reckless to UKIP, I know that this short sighted decision will not detract from our message this week, nor will it detract from the important work we have done in Government and still have left.

Naturally this conference feels different.

On Friday we took the difficult but right decision to protect Iraqi civilians from ISIS, so foreign policy has taken a centre stage in the conference halls once dominated by economic discourse.

We face a real and serious threat in the UK from international terrorism. Terrorist groups in Syria and Iraq are planning attacks against the West, and some of these plots are likely to involve foreign fighters who have travelled there from the UK and Europe to take part in those conflicts.

To tackle this threat, we are stopping people from travelling to Iraq and Syria in the first place, keeping out foreign fighters who would pose a threat, and dealing with those already here who pose a risk. But today we are announcing that we expect to be able to bring new legislation in November to fill specific gaps in our armoury. And a future Conservative government will change the law so internet companies collect and store certain additional communications data that are vital to dealing with terrorism.