At the right time and how much money is being paid to one of those special advisers, Sue Gray. It is not the backdrop that would have been wanted for this conference. Mi that would have been wanted for this conference. This conference. All of the questions. This conference. All of the questions, the this conference. All of the questions, the criticism i this conference. All of the i questions, the Criticism And Concern over freebies and donations, and ministers in the Tv Studios and newspapers, and the first couple of days of the conference itself, having to field questions about that, questions about hospitality and gifts and donations, and as you say, there have been those briefings about Sue Gray the chief of staff to the Prime Minister, about her salary, and both supporters and detractors of Sue Gray have had a bit of a row at the top of number ten playing out in public, so i think the parties have been keen to grab the narrative and put it firmly back on the turf they want to be talking about, and the other thing that we have heard through the course of the last few days, is then pointing to what they think they have already done, the term is that a lot of Cabinet Ministers and the Prime Minister himself used when addressing a room full of activists from london at the start of the conference, we have done more than iii weeks than the conservatives did in 14 than the conservatives did in ia years, listing things like iii years, listing things like planning reform, gb energy, and a move to allow onshore wind, so, it has been a bumpy start, and it is also worth saying about one of the contentious issues as the clock to winter fuel payment, because the Unite Union says, which has been leading the charge on this, has been trying to push the government to reverse its position on that. They do not agree with that cut to winter fuel payment, which will see about up about £300. So, you might want there to be a vote on the Conference Floor so that has now been pushed back and that will be after the Prime Minister has left conference. It will not be on the day of his big speech as some other delegates and members may have left as well. So there was some anger around that, and more broadly they have been questions about the Partys Policy and economic direction. That is what Sir Keir Starmer will try to address the Conference Speech today, setting out a very clear story of what he wants to achieve in government, and telling the country that, yes, as they have been saying, from their perspective, there will still be tough economic decisions to combat that you stick with them, it be worth it in the end. That is the message that we hear from end. That is the message that we hearfrom Sir Keir Starmer today. We hear from Sir Keir Starmer toda. ~. ,. , today. We are waiting for the Prime Minister today. We are waiting for the Prime Minister sir today. We are waiting for the prime Minister Sir Keir today. We are waiting for the l Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to appear on the stage in liverpool at that podium. Somebody is walking across the stage in front of everybody. Lets have a quick listen. My name is lets have a quick listen. My name is Matthew Conroy and for the first name is Matthew Conroy and for the first time this year i have worked the first time this year i have worked for a labour government. Applause applause i am 21, studying Ppe At manchester university. My parents manchester university. My parents live look very different to mine at this age. My mum different to mine at this age. My mum lets look at 16 Got A job. My mum lets look at 16 Got A job, my my mum lets look at 16 Got A job, my dad left school and no qualifications in ireland, working on Building Sites to et working on Building Sites to get by working on Building Sites to get by. He migrated to england and one get by. He migrated to england and one day decided to go tonight and one day decided to go Tonight College after shift. That Tonight College after shift. That changed his life. He got his btec. That changed his life. He got his btec, went to university, ot his btec, went to university, Got A his btec, went to university, Got A steadyjob, and when i was Got A steadyjob, and when i was growing up, both of my parents was growing up, both of my parents knew better than anyone else how parents knew better than anyone else how education could change your life your life. Applause they were determined that i would they were determined that i would get that chance, too. I went would get that chance, too. I went to would get that chance, too. I went to a would get that chance, too. I went to a Comprehensive School in a deprived area and when i started in a deprived area and when i started it in a deprived area and when i started it was a good school, try the started it was a good school, by the time i left it was in spectat by the time i left it was in special measures. Not because the teachers didnt care, the aditama the teachers didnt care, the aditama but because the government didnt care about Kids Government didnt care about kids like government didnt care about kids like us dont studio starting, alex, with a young studio starting, alex, with a young person, and explaining why he young person, and explaining why he thinks that labour deserved his vote this time. We are deserved his vote this time. Are waiting deserved his vote this time. Are waiting for Sir Keir Starmer to speak to us in a minute. You are saying that it was a very busy conference hall, and there were only about 100 seats set aside for labour mps, but 404 of them, which reminds us ofjust how big the majority is that this government has to play with, which should make life easier for them. , which should make life easier for them for them. Yes, i completely chance for them. Yes, i completely change political for them. Yes, i completely change political picture for them. Yes, i completely| change political picture from the last time that labour rocked up for the conference which was actually here in liverpool as well. Because Keir Starmer has that stonking majority that he won at the election injuly, and lots of those new mps have come along to this conference. I have seen a lot of them around, as well as those who have been around for a long as those who have been around fora longtime, as those who have been around for a longtime, yvette as those who have been around fora longtime, yvette cooper, rachel reeves, Angela Rayner the deputy Prime Minister, waiting for Keir Starmer to take to the stage. We expect him to come on immediately after the speech that is on now from a young, first time labour voter. He will be introducing the Prime Minister to this conference. It is often the case that purport the speeches you get somebody else on the platform. We can see the Sound And Video that will proceed Keir Starmer� s speech, they always have a short video to introduce these, and they have started to play that on the Conference Platform before Keir Starmer takes to the stage. This is a big moment for Keir Starmer, the first labour Prime Ministerfor 14 years, a party that has been in opposition for 14 years, theirfirst 14 years, their first conference in all of that time when they are a party in power, so it is a significant moment for him now, and the challenge for him now, and the challenge for him now, and the challenge for him is to try and set out what it is that hes going to try and achieve when hes in government, to tell the story to the country of what it is that he hopes to achieve now that he hopes to achieve now that he hopes to achieve now that he is in power, after those you long years of opposition. I think well hear more about the tough decisions to come but we will also hear about what hes going to call the tunnel, a shared struggle, short Term Pain for longer term gain, always focused on that central Labour Party mission, and economic growth. They say that if you get the economy growing debt that will generate income for Public Services and would ultimately make the country feel better off and therefore will make everybody in the country feel better off as well. It is not to say that there have not been some wobbles at this conference and some differences over policy direction, here he comes, this is the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, taking to the conference date. There is a standing ovation. People are on their feet standing ovation. People are on Theirfeet Clapping and their Feet Clapping and uploading Theirfeet Clapping and uploading Sir Keir Starmer. Lets listen to what the Prime Minister has to say to the Labour Party Conference in liverpool. Applause cheering fachie. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much, conference, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, matthew, for that introduction. That was really fantastic. You have broken through to university but used it on this stage, aged 21, to do something you have never done before, and not an easy thing to do. That was fantastic. Applause and thank you, conference. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Thank you, conference. For everything you have done to fulfil the basic duty of our party, so we can return this great nation to the service of Working People. Thank you, conference. Applause people said we couldnt do it, but we did, and we did it together, and look at this now, a record breaking conference, the biggest attendance ever, in our history. Applause and it is such a Far Cry from my first Conference Speech, to a live audience of one. Laughter a cameraman. Socially distance, in an Art Centre in doncaster. Remember that . In an Art Centre in doncaster. Rememberthat . Dont in an Art Centre in doncaster. Remember that . Dont worry, most people dont not even the cameraman. But i bet you do remember the one year later, conference, in brighton, three years ago, the turning of the tide, the fight for the Heart And Soul of this party, people said we were going too far. People said we were going too fast. They did not want to face the country. They wanted to go back to a comfort zone, to take the easier road to nowhere. But he stood firm, conference, we stood together, and we won. Applause server, Take Pride in your victory. Take pride that labour won in every region in england, wales, in scotland. Cheering but never forget, that this opportunity is only here, because we change the party. Country first, party second. That isnt a slogan. It is the foundation of this project. A pack with Working People we must fulfil, to retain the privilege of serving their interests on economic stability, national security, wealth creation, protecting our borders, rooting out anti semitism, standing with nato and ukraine, the changes we made are permanent, irreversible, country first, party second. Applause but, conference, for many people in this city, the speech they may remember was the one here two years ago, because thats when i promised, up on this stage, that if i ever have the privilege to serve our country as Prime Minister, one of my first acts would be to bring in a Hillsborough Law, a duty of candour. Applause Applause A Law for liverpool, a law for the 97, a law that people shouldnt have had to fight so hard to get, but will be delivered by this labour government. Its also a law for the supposed masters the horizon scandal, the victims of infected blood, windrush, Grenfell Tower and all of the countless injustices over the years, suffered by Working People at the hands of those who were supposed to serve them. Truth and justice concealed behind the closed ranks of the state. And, conference, this is the meaning of clause one because today i can confirm that the duty of candour will apply to public authorities and public servants, that they will include criminal sanctions and packed the Hillsborough Law will be introduced to parliament before the next anniversary in april. Applause it is work that shows how a government of service must act in everything it does. Our driving purpose, to show to the Working People of this country that politics can be a force for good. Politics can be on the side of truth and justice. Politics can secure a better life for your family, politics can secure a better life for yourfamily, through life for your family, through the life for yourfamily, through the steady but uncompromising work of service. Because, service is the responsibility of the opportunity of power, the precondition for hope, the bond of respect that can reunite a country, bind us to the politics of national renewal. Service doesnt mean we will get everything right. It doesnt mean that everyone will agree. It doesnt mean that everyone willagree. But it doesnt mean that everyone will agree. But it does mean that we understand that every decision we take, we take together, and that is our duty together, and that is our duty to the british people, to face up to the british people, to face up to necessary decisions in their interests. And i mean, conference, you know me by now. So, you know that all of those shouts and pillows, the bad Faith Advice from people who still hanker for the politics of performance, the weak and cowardly fantasy populism, it is water off a duck� s back. Applause mere glitter on a shirt. It has never distracted me before, and it wont distract me now. This is a long term project. I have never pretended otherwise. But, conference, make the mistake. The work of change make no mistake. The patient, calm, determine the era of politics as a service has begun. Planning reform, doctors back in theatre, new solar projects, new offshore wind projects, the unsure ban lifted, great British Energy launched, one Word 0fsted Judgments ended, and ordered security command, and ordered security command, and national wealth one, getting britain building again, the renters reform bill, stopping no fault evictions, and a really railway Services Bill bringing railways back into public ownership. Cheering applause and we are onlyjust getting started. A crackdown on that crime, a real living wage, a modern industrial strategy, a ten Year Plan for our nhs, devolution to our nations, regions and cities, the biggest Levelling Up of workers rights in a generation, more operations, rebuilding Public Services, change has begun Cheering Applause and every single one, a necessary step on a longer journey. Five national missions that will deliver, the higher growth, safer streets, cleaner energy, greater opportunities, healthier society, that i know the british people want and need. The mandate that we won. Applause but also something even more precious. The economy stabilised, the foundations of this country fixed, tory rot cleared away, so, Brick By brick, we can build a new home, a better home, built to last, built with pride, but above all, built together stop and they should be balanced so that we once again serve the interests of Working People and, through the power unleashed by that process, a renewal of who we are. A country that gives equal voice to every person, a country that wont expect you to change who you are, just to get on. A country that doesnt just work for you and your family, country that doesnt just work for you and yourfamily, but one that recognises you, that sees you, i respect you as part of our story, A Britain that belongs to you. Applause because, make no mistake, that is the britain we are building. The change not a few lines on a Graph Moving in the right direction. It isnt a good Labour Policy or two delivered whilst the broader settlement remains untouched. No, change must be nothing less than national renewal. No return to the old ways, not a new path entirely but every discovery in the full glare of the picture of who we are. The trouble is, conference, just as we found with the Labour Party four years ago, britain is no longer sure of itself. Our story is uncertain. The Hope Beaten out of us. There is pride, of course there is, pride in our communities especially, and there is respect, too, all around the world. Trust me, Nobody Anywhere Doubts that this is a great nation, a nation known for our creativity, artistic skill, scientific genius, and of course our pragmatism. Quality is that, combined with the Industry And Pride of Working People have notjust be written our own story, but also that of the world. We could do that again. Applause in fact, we must. Technology, climate change, the ageing population, the movement of people, this is a time when great forces demand a decisive government prepared to face the future. We can see that again in The Middle East today. So, i called again for Restraint And De escalation at the border between lebanon and israel. And again, on all parties to pull back from the brink. I called again for an back from the brink. I called againforan immediate again for an immediate Ceasefire Againforan immediate ceasefire in gaza, the again for an immediate ceasefire in gaza, the return of the hostages. And a recommitment to the two state solution. A recognised Palestinian State alongside a safe and secure israel. And thatis safe and secure israel. And that is the message i will take to the un general assembly, when i travel there later today. Cheering alongside our steadfast support for ukraine in the face of russian aggression. Applause and in this uncertain world, i also pay tribute to our armed forces for all that they do to keep britain safe. Applause but, conference, strength in this dangerous world depends on strength at home, and yet, look at our country. Look at our country. Do you see A Britain where people feel that the certainty that they deserve, that the future will be better for their children, because when i was growing up, that was what we believed. People of a completely ordinary working Class Background like mine, we took it for granted, we built our lives around it, but that is not the country we inherited injuly. That confidence, that certainty, it is brittle and fragile, and so, we have to restore it. That is the mandate we won, the meaning of change. Applause and it all comes back to that question, can politics be a force for good in peoples lives . There is no time to waste wondering why people think politics has failed. We have to show what it can do for their lives, restore, after 14 years of chaos, faith in the values that have always guided this nation, the stability, moderation, common sense, keeping a cool head, staying the course, facing the future, the course, facing the future, the defiance of ambition, the determination of service and, above all, ourfaith, no matter the challenge, in practical solutions that work. Not the easy answers, that may well move the crowd, but do not move a nation forward. We know that that way lies ruin. We have seen it in our party, and we changed it. And, for 14 years, against our countrys best traditions, we have seen it in britain, and now, we must change that, too. We must build a new britain, built from that age old spirit of creativity and enterprise, the Pride And Ambition of Working People, that, when matched by a government of service, a decisive government, a government prepared to use its powers for justice, government prepared to use its powers forjustice, Opportunity Powers for justice, opportunity and powers forjustice, opportunity and equal respect, can deliver and equal respect, can deliver A Britain that belongs to you, A Britain that belongs to you, A Britain that belongs to you because politics is a Public Service as a privilege, not privilege as an entitlement to Public Service. Applause applause A Britain that belongs to you, because the government is mission driven and serious, clear, measurable targets, Progress Display publicly, so that every single person in this Country Canjudge that every single person in this country can judge our performance on actions, not words. A britain that belongs to you, because maintain our focus at all times, when fixing those foundations for Working People, those five national missions, providing the Security And Control they need, but also protecting us from the winds of westminster, making sure that we do not get blown off course, and A Britain that belongs to you, because we keep together, and together we built it, because this has to be a partnership. We will not achieve our mission is alone. I understand the Power And Responsibility of government. The way that it can make or break a life. When you are chief prosecutor, when you look into the eyes of victims, who have lost everything, parents whose daughter was raped and murdered, as i did with penny and john. Trust me, you learn about what government can and must do. And i also know, from the campaigners who have inspired, figen murray, people who fight tirelessly against Murder And Terrorism so that no otherfamily will suffer Murder And Terrorism so that no other family will suffer the awful pain. Nathaniel dyer, who fights for a better nhs, so that no other person will suffer a fatal late cancer diagnosis. The families of survivors of grenfell tava, whose dignity, for seven years, held up a mirror to this nation and asked us, do we really give everyone an equal voice . They have all shown that the difference between service and government, true service, is that service must listen to people far beyond the walls of the state, and empower them to make our country better, because trust me, that is without question the quickest way to clear away the tory rot, and build that britain that belongs to you. And, so, change begins, because there is another Injustice Hiding in plain sight in our streets, in every Town And City in this country. People who are prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for our nation, who put their lives on the line to protect all of us, but he will not have a safe place to sleep tonight. We cannot stand by and let this happen any more. So, today, i can announce that this government will respect that service. We will repay those who served us, and house all veterans in housing need. Homes will be there, for heroes. Cheering thank you. And, because we have started the hard yards of planning reform, because we are facing up reform, because we are facing up to decisions ignored for years, because we are introducing new planning passports, that will Turbo Charge House building in ourinner Turbo Charge House building in our inner cities, we can make the very same promise to other people at risk of homelessness. Young care leavers, victims of domestic abuse, they will have the security they deserve. They will have a roof over their head, because britain belongs to them. Applause and another thing, another promise kept, we said gb energy, a publicly owned national company, the vehicle that will drive our mission on clean energy, we
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