Ministers off to Tory conference

Three government ministers will be representing the Isle of Man at the Conservative Party autumn conference next week.

Chief Minister Howard Quayle, Treasury Minister Alf Cannan and Infrastructure Minister Ray Harmer will travel to Manchester to attend the event.

The trip aims to strengthen relationships with UK government policy-makers and to raise awareness of the Island's value to the British economy.

The MHKs had planned to attend the Labour Party conference in Brighton this week, but bad weather forced them to cancel their travel arrangements.