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But conference, we can only deliver recovery through reform. Without action on prevention, the nhs will be overwhelmed, without reform to services we will end up putting in more cash for poorer results, that is the choice. Reform or die. And we choose reform. Since the general election, we have hit the ground running. We hit, we inherited the farce of newly qualified gps, facing unemployment, Patients Cant get a Gp Appointment while gps couldnt get a job. We cut red tape, found the funding, and will have 1,000 more gps treating patients, that is the difference a Labour Government makes. Applause. We are banning Junk Food ads targeted at children, the first step towards making our countrys children the healthiest generation that has ever lived. That is the difference a Labour Government makes. Applause. Strikes have crippled the nhs, cost taxpayers billions, and 1. 5 million appoint. Ments cancelled. Do you know my predecessor and her minister, the previous conservative Health Secretary Hadnt even bothered to meet theJunior Doctors Secretary Hadnt even bothered to meet the Junior Doctors since Secretary Hadnt even bothered to meet theJunior Doctors since march. I called them on day one, met them in week one and in just three weeks, we negotiated a deal to end the strikes. That is the difference a Labour Government makes. Applause. Ending thejunior applause. Ending the Junior Doctors strikes and building a new relationship with resident doctors was central to our commitment to deliver 40,000 more appointments a week. But as well as getting staff back to work, we need to get them working at the top of their game. We are sending Crack Teams of top clinicians to hospitals across the country, to roll out reforms, developed by surgeons to treat more patients and cut waiting to health and back to work. That is the difference a Labour Government makes. Applause. But conference, we Cant Fix the crisis in our nhs, without fixing the crisis in Social Care. And we Cant Fix Social Care without the people who work anybody it. I loved what Keir Starmer said yesterday about his sister, a care worker, ability his determination to make sure that when she walks into Am Radio and tells people what she does for a living, that she receives the same respect as the Prime Minister. Applause. So let me tell you, as the Secretary Of State for Social Care, i wont let Keir Starmer down, his sister down orfail more let Keir Starmer down, his sister down or fail more than A Million Care Professionalsjust down or fail more than A Million care professionals just like down or fail more than A Million Care Professionalsjust like her, angela and i will deliver a new deal for care professional, a fair pay, to give staff the Status And Respect they deserve, our first step towards building a national Care Service. Applause thank you. Every day, in this job, every day, in thisjob, i every day, in this job, i see the scale of the challenge. But i also see something else. The potential of our nhs. The tories� s biggest Betrayal Wasnt they left the nhs unable to care for us today, is they left it totally unprepared for tomorrow. Advances in data mean the Health Care of the future will be more predictive, more preventative and more personalised than ever before. Detecting from Birth A Childs Risk of disease, so we can act to keep them well, spotting cancer earlier, saving countless lives, treating patients with targeted medicines. To make these advances a reality for the many, not just the few, we need following things. A universal Health Service. Free at the point of need. Able to share data, partner with innovators and adopt new technologies at scale. Such a service would be unique in the whole world. Conference, the good news is that service already exist, it is called the national Health Service. And ourjob. Applause ourjob is notjust to get the nhs back on its feet, we must make It Fit for the future and that is what our ten Year Plan for health will achieve. Conference, if we get this right, we will end two tier Health Care in our country for good, so the preventive care, precision medicine, personalised treatment are no longer just for the few but are enjoyed by the many. Applause. That future is possible but only if we act today. An nhs running on fax Machines Cant seize these opportunities, but a reformed nhs can, from analogue to digital, from hospital to community, from sickness to prevention, Reform Isntjust possible, it is happening. From Al Detecting Skin Cancer and cutting waiting times, to wait loss jab, slashing the risk of Heart Attacks for diabetes patients. But conference, to seize that potential we have to reform the nhs to make it fairer. To make it fairer. When the wealthy receive a diagnosis to make it fairer. When the wealthy receive a diagnosis they to make it fairer. When the wealthy receive a diagnosis they know to make it fairer. When the wealthy receive a diagnosis they know the l receive a diagnosis they know the best surgeons and can push to get the best care. But working people cant. If the wealthy are told to wait months for treatment, they can shop around. But working people cant. And if they peyton dollar, the wealthy can be treated with cutting Edge Equipment and technology, but working people cant. Ourten technology, but working people cant. Our ten Year Plan will give all patients rich and poor alike, the same information, the same choice, the same control. Now i know there are some on the left who cringe at this who view choice as akin to markettisation, but our party has always believed that power should be in the hands of the many, not the few. Few. To that public services exist to serve the interest of the people, the passenger, the patient above all else, that World Class Services Shouldnt just patient above all else, that World Class Services Shouldntjust be the preserve of the wealthy. So starting in the most disadvantaged area, we will ensure patients right to choose where they are treated and we will build up local Health Services so it is a genuine choice, and where there is capacity in the private sector patients should be able to go there too, free at the point of use paid for by the nhs, because working people deserve tb treated on time just as much as the wealthy. And conference, when we look round our country today, it is easy to be pessimistic. But the public have turned to us to give them hope, so here it is. We are in the foothills of a decade of national renewal, ten years in which our country and our health and Care Services will change enormously, the nhs transformed, into a neighbourhood Health Service, a digital Health Service, powered by cutting edge technology, a preventative Health Service that helps us stay healthy and out of hospital and a new national Care Service ensuring people can live dignified and fulfilling lives, that is the change that lies before us. It will take time, and it wont be easy, we will have to fight loud opposition, Sinle Emand vested interest but conference, bring it on. Applause. It is up to us it is up to us to prove that politics can be a force for good again, so let me say to every one of you in this hall, and to the millions of dedicated staff in health and Social Care across our country, we are the generation that will take the nhs from the worst crisis in its history to build an Nhs Fit for the future. We are the generation that will build a national Care Service worthy of the name. The nhs there for us when we need it, with World Class care for the many, notjust the few, that is the many, notjust the few, that is the Change Britain voted for, that is the change we will deliver together and conference that change has already begun. Thank you. Applause. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. Studio that is the Health Secretary Wes Streeting there, finishing his speech On The Last Day of the Labour Party Conference in liverpool. He talked about getting the nhs back on its feet. There is a ten Year Plan, he said, to do so, we are still waiting for the details of that plan it is worth saying but he insisted the nhs would remain free at the point of use. Interestingly, the Health Secretary did choose to repeat that phrase that the nhs is broken. You would have heard this morning that my colleague the Bbc Health Correspondent reported there was concern in some quarters about the governments consistent use of that phrase, worried it would Dent Patient Confidence in the nhs but Wes Streeting did repeat it and pointed his fingerfirmly Wes Streeting did repeat it and pointed his finger firmly at the conservative, claiming that they had left the information broken and it was up to this government nhs. It is worth noting a couple of other brief point, he mentioned plans for a national Care Service, there has been lots of criticism about fact we havent had a lot of detail about plans for Social Care yet and lots of people who work in the sector say you Cant Fix the nhs unless you fix soak but Wes Streeting saying the government did want to introduce a national Care Service, he talked about ending the industrial dispute with the Junior Doctors, that was exacerbating the problem with waiting list, Again Worth remember while the chancellor was delivering her speech here, the royal College Of Nursing rejected a 5. 5 Pay Offer although they have made clear they are not planning on taking any further industrial action so the Health Secretary Wes Streeting On The Last Day of the Labour Party Conference here in liverpool. I want to tell you one other thing that happened earlier. We are expecting later this morning a vote on the cuts to the Winter Fuel payment, that has caused a lot of concern in some quarters here at conference and where i am stood in the exhibition hall, lots of stalls, stands, people milling about, there was a small protest at those cuts to the Winter Fuel payments, with members of the Unite Union Taking Part in the protest, expressing their concern. They are pressing the government to change course but so far all the signs are the Government Arent going to, but it has led to some disquiet here at conference, we have heard from the Health Secretary Wes Streeting On The Last Day, we are ho going to hear from streeting On The Last Day, we are ho going to Hearfrom Bridget Philipson the Education Secretary and Work And Pension secretary Liz Kendall so still a few more speeches before we wrap up. Thank you we will be back to liverpool for more reaction to Wes Streetings speech, and as alex says we have more people to come, with the speeches of the Labour Party Conference on its lay day. We have a live page running so you can keep up with that, that is on the Bbc News Website and the bbc news app, Bbc News Website and the bbc news app, so we will return to that soon. In the meantime the latest on the middle East Conflict because israel has intercepted a Hezbollah Missile targeting the headquarters of its Intelligence Agency in Tel Aviv. It is the furthest fired during this conflict. Hezbollah says mossad hq conflict. Hezbollah says Mossad H0 is responsible for the assassination of senior hezbollah leaders and for blowing up those pagers and wireless devices last week. Let us show you the pictures of the missile attack, it was taken son someones phone out of the their window, you you can see the missile after it was intercepted by Israels Air Defence systems. The Israeli Military said they intercepted it after it was detected crossing from lebanon, in the last few minute, the Reuters News Agency has reported israels military saying it is carrying out extensive strikes in the south of lebanon, and the beqaa valley, this is significant, this strike, or attempted strike on Tel Aviv because it is more than 200 kilometres south of the lebanese border, the israeli prime Minister Netanyahu has delayed his depar hurt for the Un General Assembly in New York, departure, our middle East Correspondent Yolande Knell says it is significant. Yolande knell says it is siunificant. , significant. Had people running to bomb shelters significant. Had people running to bomb shelters this significant. Had people running to bomb shelters this morning significant. Had people running to bomb shelters this morning as significant. Had people running to i bomb shelters this morning as these Air Raid sirens went off. We are told now more than A Million people in israel are living under military restrictions because of the ongoing operation against hezbollah, of course, even prior to this something like 60,000 people had been displaced from their homes close to the border. Israel says its a War Goal to return them to their homes, now this was, according to the Israeli Military briefing a heavy warhead that was used to target Tel Aviv. They are stressing they say it was a civilian area that was potentially under attack, they had their Air Defence systems intercept this rocket. There were no casualties, no damage but a lot of speculation that with this single rocket being fired, a longer range rocket, it could be meant as a message by hezbollah that it still has despite israels efforts a lot of these longer Ranges Precision Missile within its arsenal. The Israeli Military says it has already targeted the Launch Site for in particular rocket and that stressed also that this was far from the border between israel and lebanon, it was deep inside the country. And the israeli prime Minister Netanyahu has delayed his trip to New York for the united nations general assembly but he is at this Stage Planning to go is he still . That is correct, he is due to speak there on friday, originally it had been thought he would go there for much of this week, the opportunity to meet World Leaderss, but we have had this confirmation of a postpone. By had this confirmation of a postpone. By his office, he is expected to travel tomorrow coming back on saturday, of course, at the Un General Assembly it has been so much a focus of World Leaders this escalating violence in the Middle East, these fears being raised of a wider Middle East war, expanding out through the war in gaza that has been going on for close to one year now, we had the us president Joe Biden said he said a diplomatic solution between Israel And Hezbollah was still possible, we are expecting later today that the un Security Council will meet to discuss the latest developments. Yolande knell injerusalem. Across the border in lebanon, our middle East Correspondent in beirut, and he told me the lebanese Governments Reaction to escalating hostilities. Yeah, they are in a very difficult position, because hezbollah is this powerful militia but also political movement supported by iran, that acts as a state within the state, but it has representation in parliament, it is part of the government and the government has very little say over what hezbollah does,en and we see now that a lot of people who oppose hezbollah, who are critics of hezbollah, they are saying the attacks are dragging lebanon into a conflict that is not in the countrys interest, and so this is obviously a very difficult position for the government, and dont forget the lebanon has been struggling for years, from an economic crisis, from the explosion of the port here in beirut, in 2020, a political crisis as well, there hasnt been a president for almost two years because of these political divisions, so obviously, very difficult situation for the lebanese authorities and we are seeing now that they are urging the united states to get involved and to try to desks late the situation here, i think it was interesting that the lebanese Foreign Minister who is in New York, he urged the biden administration to urge a De Escalation in these hostilities saying that washington has the key for the countrys survival. Our correspondent in beirut. The Prime Minister has told British National Who will are still in lebanon that now is the time to leave. As the violence between Israel And Hezbollah escalates, speaking on his way to New York where he will by a tending the Un General Assembly later Keir Starmer said the British Government was ramping up Emergency Contin generally plans by sending round 700 Military Personnel to cyprus as part of a possible evacuation, they will join 500 british Military Personnel already based at the military base. In an interview with Nick Robinson on the today programme Keir Starmer once again called for De Escalation. Do you fear, do you sense we are on the brink of all out war in the Middle East . I the brink of all out war in the Middle East . The brink of all out war in the Middle East . , ,. Middle east . I am deeply concerned about it. I have Middle East . I am deeply concerned about it. I have myself Middle East . I am deeply concerned about it. I have myself put Middle East . I am deeply concerned about it. I have myself put it Middle East . I am deeply concerned about it. I have myself put it in about it. I have myself put it in those terms that we are potentially at a brink point, and we have to come back from the brink, that is why with our allies we have been very very clear and co ordinated, in saying de escalate, we need a ceasefire, we need to de escalate and that will be among the discussions i will have in New York, i take off for New York to the un meeting immediately after this interview, but that will be uppermost in our minds, de escalate, ceasefire, pull back from the brink. Israel says terrorists are Firing Rockets over the border, which means that Tens Of Thousands of people have had to leave their homes. There is a simple principle here, do you actually back israel . Do you support israel as she says, we have no choice, but to try to get our people safely back in to their homes i have lona safely back in to their homes i have long suworted safely back in to their homes i have long supported israels safely back in to their homes i have long supported israels right safely back in to their homes i have long supported israels right to long supported israels right to self defence, and that has been absolutely clear and consistent in everything i have ever said, but the point we are at now is very close to the brink, and that is why we need to de escalate. It doesnt mean we walk away from the problem, it doesnt mean that we dont recognise the threat that israel is under which is very real, i understand that completely and i do support israels right to self defence, but this escalation is getting to a point where the right thing now to do, is to de escalate, have a ceasefire, and ensure that we can progress in a different way. There is some breaking news in from lebanon, following the continuing israeli strikes on Southern Lebanon, the Lab Need Health ministry says six people have been killed israeli strikes in the south. 13 people were injured, the Health Ministry goes on to say saying that the casualties happened after an israeli strike on the town in Southern Lebanon. So australia israel has been carrying out some of its so israel has been carrying out strikes, hitting deep inside lebanon. Hezbollah has been Firing Hundreds of missiles and rocketings as israel but the latest news from lebanon, from the Health Ministry is six people are known to have died in the latest strikes in lebanon, by israel, in the south of the country. Tobias ellwood is a defence analyst, he says plans must be paid for a potential evacuation of british nationals from lebanon as the conflict threatens to escalate. The Middle East is sliding towards war, a combination of factors are contributing to this, perfect storm of instability. To this perfect storm of instability, with no single stakeholder in control of events. You have israel has used its superior military might in gaza, but is still absent to the long Term Strategy to secure a ceasefire, hezbollah, the most potent heavily armed non State Actor in the world has ratcheted up its attacks from Southern Lebanon in support of hamas, prompting israel to understandably retaliate, but now look set to invade Southern Lebanon as israel has made securing the Northern Israel and returning its citizens there a war aim, but hezbollah seem committed to continue its attacks until there is a ceasefire in gaza. And of course you have iran, who will step in if its most valued property is seen to be losing, and america, they could be influential here, is distracted by president ial elections, and you have the un, where World Leaders gather this week, is paralysed, behind hezbollah and hamas sits iran, and of course behind iran now sits russia, who would veto any sensible Un Resolution calling for restraint. So the prospects of further escalation are high, with huge consequences for the region. Quite rightly, that is why the Uk Government has instructed all britons to leave, and tasked military assets, including marines, to the region, ready to help evacuate the 10,000 britons that are known to be there, conscious to avoid the chaos We Saw In Kabul in august 2021. 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Defence analyst and former conservative l sliding it was all owl war. Defence L Analyst and former conservative mp Tobias Ellwood speaking a short while ago. Let us remind you about the live page because it will give you all the developments on the situation in lebanon and israel, with our correspondents updating it minute by minute, across the Middle East, you can find that on the Bbc News Website, and the app. We will have more on that story as well as the very latest from the final day of the Labour Party Conference in liverpool, injust of the Labour Party Conference in liverpool, in just a few minutes time but first a look at the hello again. We have just had the coldest night since late april in the uk. Temperatures in braemarfell away to minus three, with a touch of frost. Today and tomorrow we are looking at further spells of rain. Friday and into the weekend it is going to turn colder, but it will be drier. However, later on Sunday Into Monday and tuesday there is the potentialfor some wet and windy conditions coming our way. But today it is this area of low pressure, with its attendant fronts, bringing in more rain from the south west, pushing north eastwards, as we go through the rest of the day, with cloud developing ahead of them. For northern ireland, Northern England before The Cloud arrives in scotland, there are a few showers but bright skies, and also across Northern Scotland a chilly northerly wind, with temperatures here, ten to 11 degrees, but generally we are looking at 13 to about 16 degrees. Into this evening and overnight, Ourfirst Band of rain pushes northwards, and then another one comes in from the south west, this one too pretty lively. You could hear a little grumble of thunder coming from that. Where we have clear skies and sheltered glens, tonight temperatures could fall away to three or four degrees, but most of us will be in high single figures or low double figures. Tomorrow our bands of rain merge, slow moving as well, and they are moving over areas where the ground is already saturated. Now to the south of this, we are looking at a return to bright spells of sunshine and showers, and to the north of it, still that cold wind, a few showers and drier. Temperatures 11 to about 17 degrees. And it is after that you will notice a change in the temperature, as the cold air, this northerly wind filters across the country, so temperatures will be lower, and then when you add on the Wind Chill it will feel pretty nippy, and the rain itself will take its time to pull away from the south, particularly the south East And East anglia. Behind it a lot of dry weather and a few showers, some could be wintry on the highest peaks of the grampians for example. Temperatures nine to about 14 or 15 degrees, so temperatures below average for this Time Out of year. Then moving on, into the weekend, it does turn colder, it will be largely dry, though there will be some rain at times on saturday in the north west, and then we have the risk of the wet and windy weather at the end of the weekend