 Iain Duncan Smith will speak to delegates on Saturday |
Senior Tories will address the Welsh Conservative Party's annual conference in Cardiff from Friday. Iain Duncan Smith will brave unrest over his leadership to speak - with just two months to May's Welsh Assembly, Scottish Parliament and English council votes.
Delegates are expected to be told Labour has failed to deliver on devolved public service commitments.
But AM David Melding could stoke further upset with a call to restructure the Conservative party to yield a more Welsh flavour.
Infighting
Deputy leader Michael Ancram and chairman Theresa May will arrive at City Hall after another week of party infighting.
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"Working For Wales" will be the local agenda, as the Tories present their case before the second-ever election to the Cardiff Bay assembly in May.
The party has just one constituency seat, plus eight by proportional representation, but will again allege Wales' Lib/Lab coalition government has been a failure.
Ms May said on Thursday she expected to win a modest 30 English councils in May.
It is unclear what targets Tory assembly leader Nick Bourne, who called for unity in his Welsh party this week, is hoping to achieve.
Reform
During the conference, South Wales Central AM David Melding, who wrote the party's election manifesto, is expected to call for party reform along federal UK structural lines.
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"It is a big change," he said.
"What I would say to people stuck 20 years in the past is: 'That was then, and this is now, and we've got to move'.
"If we don't, we will just see our futures decline."
Mr Melding has previously called for his Welsh Tories to break away from the UK party.
However, the AM added that the party should support Iain Duncan Smith.
"If we undermine the leader, the public will say - there is a party in blind panic," he said.
"Everyone should now unite behind the leader and start to win elections," he added.
Former Chairman of the Welsh Conservative Party Eric Howells echoed Mr Melding's calls.
"I did not vote for Iain Duncan Smith but, in a democratic world, we have to accept he is the leader," he said.
Ms May, Mr Bourne and Mr Duncan Smith will make keynote speeches on Saturday.