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You are watchIng bbc news. Lets return to events on the fInal day of the Labour Party Conference In liverpool. In the last 30 mInutes, Health Secretary Ing'>Wes StreetIng addressed the delegates. He has Insisted he wouldnt Back Down from his claim that The Nhs is broken, despite the bbc reportIng growIng unease about the government passed � s messagIng. Lets take a listen to what he said. Governments messagIng. What he said. Governments messi people now expect charges for In ten people now expect charges for nhs care to be Introduced. Ive said it before, ill Say it agaIn, over my dead body. Applause we will always defend our nhs as a public service free at Int'>The PoInt of use, so that whenever you fall ill, you never have to worry about the bill. ~ , � , you never have to worry about the bill. ~ , � ,. , bill. Wes streetIng there. Lets go to the conference bill. Wes streetIng there. Lets go to the conference itself bill. Wes streetIng there. Lets go to the conference itself and bill. Wes streetIng there. Lets go to the conference itself and speaki to the conference itself and speak to the conference itself and speak to our political correspondent alex forsyth. Alex, did Ing'>Wes StreetIng Inject less Doom And Gloom then we have seen of late . Have seen of late . InterestIng that the Health Secretary have seen of late . InterestIng that the Health Secretary tried have seen of late . InterestIng that the Health Secretary tried to the Health Secretary tried to answer, head on, what the bbc has been reportIng this mornIng, which is some Criticism And Concern among Senior Nhs figures at the governments repeated use of that phrase that The Nhs is broken. The concern beIng that Might Dent Patients Confidence In The Nhs but rather than back away from that, Ing'>Wes StreetIng did completely the opposite and said he wouldnt Back Down. We can talk to Professor Phil Banfield from the bma. Thank you very much forjoInIng us, i presume you are listenIng to the Health Secretarys speech . You are listenIng to the Health Secretarys speech . Yes. What did ou make Secretarys Speech . Yes. What did you make of Secretarys Speech . Yes. What did you make of the Secretarys Speech . Yes. What did you make of the decision from Ing'>Wes StreetIng to repeat agaIn the phrase that The Nhs is broken. Ing'>0f StreetIng to repeat agaIn the phrase that The Nhs is broken. Of course, he would Say he also has the solution to fix it. The bma has used that phrase, as welt the bma has used that phrase, as Welt You the bma has used that phrase, as well. You dont need a politician or a Doctor well. You dont need a politician or a Doctor to well. You dont need a politician or a Doctor to tell you whats been goIng a Doctor to tell you whats been goIng on a Doctor to tell you whats been goIng on In a Doctor to tell you whats been goIng on In our nhs. Patients and relatives goIng on In our nhs. Patients and relatives have seen it for themselves. The Ambulance Queues and themselves. The Ambulance Queues and the lInes themselves. The Ambulance Queues and the lInes of themselves. The Ambulance Queues and the lInes of patients on trolleys In hospital the lInes of patients on trolleys In hospital corridors. It is also correct that it has been Run Down it is also correct that it has been Run Down it it is also correct that it has been Run Down. It is broken In many places but that is there to fix and we are there but that is there to fix and we are there to but that is there to fix and we are there to fix but that is there to fix and we are there to fix it. Gf but that is there to fix and we are there to fix it. But that is there to fix and we are there to fix it. Of course, what the Health Secretary there to fix it. Of course, what the Health Secretary has there to fix it. Of course, what the Health Secretary has said there to fix it. Of course, what the Health Secretary has said and there to fix it. Of course, what the | Health Secretary has said and what he said agaIn today In his speech at conferences that this is about reformIng The Nhs, Rather Thanjust puttIng more money In, do you agree with that approach . With that approach . Well, you need both. With that approach . Well, you need both there with that approach . Well, you need both. There isnt with that approach . Well, you need both. There isnt a with that approach . Well, you need both. There isnt a Doctor with that approach . Well, you need both. There isnt a Doctor or with that approach . Well, you need both. There isnt a Doctor or a both. There isnt a Doctor or a patient both. There isnt a Doctor or a patient that doesnt want to change In the patient that doesnt want to change In The Nhs. Want change. We are usIng In The Nhs. Want change. We are usIng computers that are way out of date usIng computers that are way out of date we usIng computers that are way out of date. We are hand writIng prescriptions. There are many different prescriptions. There are many different ways of deliverIng Health Care we are hampered both by our it and the ancient we are hampered both by our it and the ancient nature of some of our dilapidated buildIngs. What we do have is a dedicated workforce. We have seen the numbers of staff eroded we have seen the numbers of staff eroded Comedy Numbers of beds eroded, eroded Comedy Numbers of beds eroded, we are under provided for, compared eroded, we are under provided for, compared with comparable countries In europe compared with comparable countries In europe compared with comparable countries In europe eroded, the numbers of. It isa In europe eroded, the numbers of. It is a political In europe eroded, the numbers of. It is a political choice and it has been it is a political choice and it has been a it is a political choice and it has been a political choice over the last terr been a political choice over the last ten years and it is a political choice last ten years and it is a political choice to last ten years and it is a political choice to fix it. Choice to fix it. What about the time frame . Choice to fix it. What about the time frame . The choice to fix it. What about the time frame . The government i choice to fix it. What about the time frame . The government talks about a ten Year Plan for The Nhs. ComIng back to what has been a theme we have heard throughout this conference, that there are no quick fixes or easy solutions, but i wonder about the immediate. We are headIng Into wInter. In previous wInters, we have seen The Nhs under real straIn. WInters, we have seen The Nhs under realstraIn. If wInters, we have seen The Nhs under real straIn. If it is goIng to take ten years, can be Nhs Wait that long . Can The Nhs. Can The Nhs. We spend our time t In to can The Nhs. We spend our time tryIng to do can The Nhs. We spend our time tryIng to do the can The Nhs. We spend our time tryIng to do the best can The Nhs. We spend our time tryIng to do the best we can The Nhs. We spend our time tryIng to do the best we can can The Nhs. We spend our time tryIng to do the best we can for can The Nhs. We spend our time tryIng to do the best we can for our| tryIng to do the best we can for our patients tryIng to do the best we can for our patients and those with greatest need patients and those with greatest need every day, day and night, 365 days of need every day, day and night, 365 days of the need every day, day and night, 365 days of the year. Broadly speakIng, we divide days of the year. Broadly speakIng, we divide Into elective care, where peopie we divide Into elective care, where people have got on the waitIng lists and emergency care. If you are very sick Irr And Emergency care. If you are very sick In this and emergency care. If you are very sick In this country, you cannot beat sick In this country, you cannot beat the sick In this country, you cannot beat The Nhs. And it is Incredibly, Incredibly important that people keep belief In The Nhs~ important that people keep belief In The Nhs. It is by far and away the best way The Nhs. It is by far and away the best way to spend our money. I thought best way to spend our money. I thought Int'>The PoInt made about havIng a hadonat thought Int'>The PoInt made about havIng a national care service, InvestIng and beIng a national care service, InvestIng and beIng able to get patients out of hospital, Into care, either In their of hospital, Into care, either In their own of hospital, Into care, either In their own homes or In community hospitals, their own homes or In community hospitals, hugely important. That is somethIng hospitals, hugely important. That is somethIng that can be done now. Professor somethIng that can be done now. Professor Phil Banfield from the bma, thank you very much forjoInIng us. Reaction to the Health Secretarys speech, Ing'>Wes StreetIng, the first person this mornIng to take to the platform here On The Last Day of the Labour Party Conference. In liverpool. We will also hear speeches from the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, the work and Pensions Secretary liz kendall. That one will be watched quite closely because one of the thIngs that has been bubblIng away here at the Party Conference is some concern and anger, even, but the governments can delete my decision to cut Inter-fuel'>WInter Fuel payments for millions of pensioners. The Governments Decision. In one of the exhibition halls, with lots of stands and people millIng around, there was a protest by Unite The Union agaInst the Governments Decision to cut the Inter-fuel'>WInter Fuel payment and they will be a vote on the Conference Floor on that later this mornIng. It wouldnt be a IndIng-vote'>BIndIng Vote and it wouldnt mean the government would have to change its position but if the conference did express its concern at the governments approach, that would be very uncomfortable for mInisters. No sign that they will reverse their decision on that Inter-fuel'>WInter Fuel payment cut. More broadly, we have heard the speech from Sir Keir Starmer, the prime mInister, yesterday before he left conference and went off to a meetIng of the Un General Assembly In new york. The message behInd Sir Keir Starmer� s speech is that he wanted to level with the public. He was still talkIng about the difficult decisions that there would be and the Trade Offs that would come with National Renewal. Lets listen to what some of Keir Starmer has been talkIng about after he gave his conference speech. The has been talkIng about after he gave his conference speech. His conference speech. The first thIn i his conference speech. The first thIng i set his conference speech. The first thIng i set out his conference speech. The first thIng i set out In his conference speech. The first thIng i set out In my his conference speech. The first thIng i set out In my Speech His Conference speech. The first thIng i set out In my speech is l his conference speech. The first Ing'>I ThIng i set out In my speech is the Ing'>Change ThIng i set out In my speech is the change that has already happened. The Fact Change that has already happened. The fact that we have set up a national the fact that we have set up a national Wealth Fund to get Investment Into our country. We have launched Investment Into our country. We have launched Investment'>Gb Investment Into our country. We have launched Gb Energy to make sure we can get launched Gb Energy to make sure we can get clean energy for the future. That we can get clean energy for the future. That we have taken steps to stabilisIng the economy. Today, obviously. StabilisIng the economy. Today, obviously, i was able to add to that by SayIng obviously, i was able to add to that by SayIng well enact the hillsborough law, for many of the Injustices hillsborough law, for many of the Injustices. Horizon, wIndrush, grenfeii Injustices. Horizon, wIndrush, grenfell tower. And i was able to announce that we will make sure that veterans who are homeless, Care Leavers who are homeless, and those that have suffered domestic abuse or are homeless, will be given a roof over their head. So the first thIng was really to set out the change that has already begun. Weve been busy these three months, but also there was a broader message which was, you know, this is goIng to be tough. There are difficult decisions along the way, and i need to level with you about how difficult it will be. But theres a purpose. There is light at the end of the tunnel because the britaIn we are buildIng will be a better britaIn, and we will make sure that livIng standards go up so people feel better off, our public services are functionIng properly, and our nhs is not have some just back on its feet, but fit for the future. All of those changes appear to be quite a long way In the distance. Are you askIng people to be very, very patient when maybe there isnt a lot of patience around . Well, the ones i announced today that weve already done are obviously already happenIng, so im really pleased that weve been able to get on with those early steps, so change has already begun. Were seeIng thIngs change. The big change In terms of the economy, the Health Service, yes, that will take time. And thats why i wanted to level with people, because what i dont want to Say is we can fix the economy by christmas, or that the Health Service will be completely fixed withIn a year. That is not a fair thIng to Say to voters. Ive got to Say to them its goIng to take time. But the reason were stabilisIng the economy, the reason we are goIng to reform The Nhs, is because we will deliver that better britaIn for you, because that, In the end, is what people voted for when they voted for a Labour Government. Three months In, is there anythIng youve done and youve looked back and thought, that was a mistake, i regret that, whether its the Way Youve handled somethIng or the Way Youve delivered the message about somethIng . Well, look, i thInk In any walk of life, there are daily thIngs that you look back on and Say, well, i would have done that differently. I wouldnt be human. Go on, for example . Im not goIng to go over a great list of that. I thInk anybody In any workIng environment, any family, will know, um, you know, In retrospect, perhaps id have done that differently. We all do that. What would you have done differently . Well, for me, the most important thIng is what do i wake up every day focused on and determIned to deliver . And im really pleased that weve made those early steps. Now In august, we obviously had an additional challenge, which i dont thInk anybody predicted, which was the disorder across the country that we had to deal with very rapidly and very effectively. And i had to make big asks of the police, of prosecutors, of crimInaljustice, to ensure that those that were on the streets Involved In thuggery went to prison as quickly as possible. Now, you know, thats three weeks, which i would have liked to use to focus on other thIngs, but it was necessary to restore calm, restore order. And we did it. Um, but weve still done a lot In the first three months. Theres a long way to go, but the most important thIng is, what do i wake up focused on . And i wake up focused on the job ive been given, which is to change our country for the better. That was Sir Keir Starmer speakIng to Saity That was Sir Keir Starmer speakIng to Sally Nugent from Bbc Breakfast this mornIng. You to Sally Nugent from Bbc Breakfast this mornIng to Sally Nugent from Bbc Breakfast this mornIng. You heard him talkIng about tradeoffs, this mornIng. You heard him talkIng about tradeoffs, askIng this mornIng. You heard him talkIng about tradeoffs, askIng people this mornIng. You heard him talkIng about tradeoffs, askIng people to l about Trade Offs, askIng people to stick with them as they get to where they Say they are goIng to end up which is a better place. He talked about the light at the end of the tunnel. There are some people SayIng, how long is the tunnel goIng to be before it gets a bit brighter at the end of it all . One of the Decision Siegemund has taken on one of the thIngs we have talked about a lot because it has come up a lot at the Labour Party Conference is a decision to cut the Inter-fuel'>WInter Fuel payment for millions of pensioners. The Governments Argument is that it didnt have a choice because it found a Black Hole In the public fInances for this fInancial year and it had to make some difficult decisions around it. When SayIng the conservatives dispute that claim about the Black Hole. Some people at conference, particular unite union, which has been leadIng the charge on this, that thInk it is just the wrong decision. They are puttIng pressure on the government to budge on it. There will be a vote on it In the Conference Floor In the next couple of hours. It wont be bIndIng, wont force the government to change its position but at the conference suggests they thInk the government has taken the wrong decision, that will be pretty uncomfortable for mInisters. Sir Keir Starmer was asked about that Inter-fuel'>WInter Fuel Payment Decision and we can hear what he had to Say. Can hear what he had to Say. Queen i wonder if one can hear what he had to Say. Queen i wonder if one day can hear what he had to Say. Queen i wonder if one day you can hear what he had to Say. Queen i wonder if one day you might can hear what he had to Say. Queen i wonder if one day you might regret i wonder if one day you might regret the decision to take away Inter-fuel'>WInter Fuel allowance from 10 Million pensioners . I thInk the first thIng to Say about that, because i do understand why you put that to me and why people are concerned about it is, um, why did we even have to make this decision . And the answer to that is because we knew we were InheritIng a bad economy. But when we then audited the books, we found a £22 billion Black Hole unaccounted for by the last government off the books. And weve got to fix that this year. And were not goIng to pretend the Problem Isnt there. So weve got to take really difficult decisions. But the purpose of fixIng it is to stabilise the economy. That means that we can and do commit to the Triple Lock, which means that for pensioners they had a £900 Increase this year. They will have a predicted £460 next year. And we will keep to the Triple Lock because were stabilisIng the economy. And that means that pensioners, every pensioner, as i said In my speech, will be better off with a Labour Government. These are difficult decisions, but equally as you would expect, we are gettIng as many pensioners as possible onto pension credit, which means they are guaranteed the Inter-fuel'>WInter Fuel payment and many more have now got pension credit. That is a very good thIng to ensure that theyve got the protection they need and the allowance which will go towards their Inter-fuel'>WInter Fuel. Sir Keir Starmer talkIng to Sally Nugent from Bbc Breakfast. You had the prime mInister use a phrase we have had time and time agaIn durIng the course of this conference and thatis the course of this conference and that is about economic stability. We had lots from the government about this In the Run Up to the general election we heard. And from Rachel Reeves when she stood on the Conference Platform and gave her speech and we heard it agaIn from the prime mInister. The argument they are makIng as they want to put stabilisIng the economy above everythIng else because they Say if they can do that, and if they can get the economy growIng, ultimately it will make the country better off and it will mean more money for public services and everyone In the country will, as a consequence, feel better off. They are also SayIng that to get there, there are goIng to have to be more paInful decisions. What they are callIng Trade Offs. Some of the thIngs they want to do are goIng to Involve Trade Offs for the public. Let me give you some examples. Sir Keir Starmer makIng the our Committee Yesterday that if you want cheap electricity, you might have to have pylons built. If you want more homes you will have to happen In communities, to fix prisons, some people will have to have a new prison built near where they live. This isnt all a message of sunny uplands, they are SayIng it will take time to get there and difficult choices. But that we will get there In the end. The question for lots of people who might have felt they have already been through quite a paInful period, particularwhen already been through quite a paInful period, particular when it comes to the cost of livIng, is how long it will take before they start to feel better. Let me fill you In on what is happenIng at conference this mornIng. We already heard from the Health Secretary, Ing'>Wes StreetIng, who pushed back white hard agaInst criticism that the government had relied too hard on the face at The Nhs is broken. He said he wont Back Down but has a plan to fix it. Later we will hear from the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson. 0f secretary, Bridget Phillipson. Of course, we know they have already said they will roll on with their plan for Breakfast Clubs In schools, that was a central plank of the Labour Party manifesto. SomethIng that Chancellor Rachel reeves said In her speech would start pretty immInently with a Pilot Scheme. Another big poInt of pressure on the Education System is the Recruitment And Retention specifically of teachers. They made a promise to recruit thousands more teachers. There is a question about how you keep people In the profession when there are lots of warnIngs about workIng conditions and workloads. I wonder if the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson will talk about that when she gets to her feet. I am keepIng half an eye on a feed we have got from the Conference Hall because we are expectIng that the speech from the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, pretty shortly. When we get that, we will brIng it to you. After that, a speech from the work and Pensions Secretary, liz kendall. 0f the work and Pensions Secretary, liz kendall. Of course, under her brief, comes a decision about Inter-fuel'>WInter Fuel payments. That Support Package for pensioners that the government is cuttIng. It will only go to the very poorest pensioners, those on pension credits. The government SayIng it has to make that decision to get the public fInances on track. Lots of concern about that decision here at the Party Conference. Unite, the union, are pushIng for a vote on the Conference Floor and we expect that to happen In the next couple of hours. Not a to happen In the next couple of hours. Nota bIndIng to happen In the next couple of hours. Not a IndIng-vote'>BIndIng Vote but an expression of the view of this conference. It could potentially be uncomfortable for mInisters. In fact, we have already had at conference this mornIng a small protest organised by unite by a bunch of their members In the maIn exhibition centre, full of stalls and people, In very public view, at this conference, expressIng their concern about cuts to Inter-fuel'>WInter Fuel payments. While the message from the government is they have a plan to make thIngs better, there is still some disquiet at elements of the governments economic and policy choices. Of course, this conference, the first conference for the Labour Party In power In 15 years comes just one month before the budget on october the 30th. We will get lots of decisions about the Governments Tax and spendIng plans. We didnt hear a huge amount of detail from the Chancellor Rachel reeves when she gave her speech and you wouldnt expect to hear a lot of detail from the chancellor durIng a conference speech, to be honest. But the budget is when we will get some of the detail of those decisions and lots of people are waitIng for that moment. ,. ,. , moment. Studio while we wait for briduet moment. Studio while we wait for Bridget Phillipson, moment. Studio while we wait for Bridget Phillipson, we moment. Studio while we wait for Bridget Phillipson, we also moment. Studio while we wait for Bridget Phillipson, we also have moment. Studio while we wait for| Bridget Phillipson, we also have one eye on the stage to start speakIng. IthInk eye on the stage to start speakIng. I thInk she hasjust arrived, i wont ask the question i was about to. We will start to listen In back over to liverpool. Applause thank you, conference. Thank you, conference. I owe you so much, more than i could ever Say, i owe you so much, more than i could everSay, more i owe you so much, more than i could ever Say, more than i could ever put Into words, thank you. What you and amazIng teachers like you at my local State Schools believed, what i believe, what labour believes, is that the best Education Shouldnt just labour believes, is that the best Education Shouldntjust be for some of our children, but for all our children. Applause notjust as children but right throughout their lives. That education is how we build a better future, notjust for each of us as Individuals, but for All Of Us together. Conference, it is the honour of my life to be before you as Labours Secretary of state for Inister'>Education And MInister for Women Secretary of state for Inister'>Education And MInisterfor women and Secretary Of State for Inister'>Education And MInister for women and Qualities Secretary of state for Inister'>Education And MInisterfor women and qualities In a Labour Government led by Keir Starmer. Women and equalities. And as a Labour Government, we see education as so much more than what happens In the classroom. It is about children and their opportunities. 0pportunity Notjust opportunities. 0pportunity not just for some opportunities. 0pportunity Notjust for some of our children but for all of our children. A vision of education centred not simply on schools or nurseries, knowledge or skills, university or college, but on our young people, on their chance to achieve and thrive, to succeed and flourish. I spent my teenage years growIng up under the previous Labour Government and i saw the changes that brIngs, the classes we build, teachers are respected, and tryIng to drive up standards for every child, hundreds of thousands of children lifted out of poverty. A Labour Government transformIng lives and Life Chances. Thanks to you all here today, we have a Labour Government agaIn after so many years In opposition. Applause we all know how much it means not merely to call for change, but to make it happen. And that change is so desperately needed because my story, the stories i had comedy like i had, is not enough. Life shouldnt come down to luck, it can never be enough but the system works only for a lucky few that it will never be enough for some of us to defy the odds when the promise of opportunity must belong to All Of Us. We have to change the odds. So that success belongs to each and every child In every school and every corner of our country. Applause conference, be In no doubt, the mess the tories left behInd stack the odds agaInst our children even further. A threadbare Child Care System asked to do more but reelIng from years of beIng given less. Teachers leavIng the classroom not In dribs and drabs but In their droves. School absence stubbornly high. AttaInment for children growIng up In poverty far too low. Support for children with special educational needs, for children growIng up In care, left In crisis. Year after year. T levels botched, apprenticeship banishIng, standards fallIng. Universities turned Into noisy political battlegrounds, not prized for their success. MInisters who forgot that children grow up In homes and playgrounds as well as classrooms. Who watch technology turn our Childrens World upside down but whose answer was to turn back the clock. And, of course, the defInIng image of that last tory government, schools are literally crumblIng around the Next Generation. Children cowerIng under steel props to stop the roof fallIng In on their heads. This is what we fInd after ia years. And i know, we all know, the tories love a one word judgment. Today, conference, i have two. NeveragaIn. Let those judgment. Today, conference, i have two. Never agaIn. Let those words rIng out notjust In this hall and our party but across our country. Applause never agaIn. Applause because, conference, that is the difference between our parties. We have always known that brIngIng up the Next Generation doesnt start and stop at the school gate. Conference, across education i hear a story told time and agaIn. Of staff at our nurseries and schools, colleges and universities, goIng Above And Beyond so often. Who stepped In when the services around them frayed and failed. School staff endIng up as both Maths Teacher and mental health counsellor. College staff helpIng with benefits as well as btecs. And i want to put on record my thanks from our thanks, labours thanks to everyone who works In education right across our country. You deserve a government that works with you to deliver the change In our children need. Applause deliver the change our children need. I am deliver the change our children need. Iam here deliver the change our children need. I am here today to tell you that we are that government. That we will work with you and your unions. That change has already begun. In the 12 weeks weve been In government, we have begun the hard work of reform. Weve already brought an end to one Word 0fsted Judgments In our school once and for all. Applause today, the Curriculum And Assessment review begIns a national conversation to ensure that a rich and broad education, the start that every parent wants for their children, is the experience of the many, not the privilege of the few. Applause In less than 100 days, we will end private Schools Tax breaks to drive high and risIng standards for the children who go to our State Schools. Weve launched skills england to brIng the skills we need for a decade of National Renewal for our communities, busInesses, country. We will focus apprenticeships once more In our young people to set them up to succeed. Conference, we have turned government to the work of tacklIng Child Poverty once agaIn. Because it is the purpose of our party above all others, it is my purpose to ensure that no child, no child grows up ensure that no child, no child grows up In poverty In modern britaIn. But this isjust the begInnIng. Applause you know as i know that if we are to build a better society for tomorrow, we must change the childhood of today. Our mission to deliver opportunity for the Next Generation must start with our youngest children. So much In life depends on those crucial early years before school, when the gaps between rich and poor open up. It is my first priority. The Life Chances of our children and the future of our country demands nothIng less. Conference, a year ago i told you from this stage that we were launchIng a review of early years education. Our manifesto pledged 3000 New School based nurseries. Today i can tell you change begIns, delivery begIns, those extra places start openIng next year. Applause the first phase of our new nurseries, of high quality early education, boostIng Life Chances for children and work choices for parents. Two years ago, i promised you that the next Labour Government would brIng Breakfast Clubs to every primary school. And i am so proud that Breakfast Clubs will start to roll out from april with hundreds of schools set to become early adopters this school year. Applause change begIns. Delivery begIns. A new era of child centred government. BuildIng a country where children come first. Applause conference, labour In government once agaIn honourIng the promises we made to the british people. PuttIng education, puttIng our children, once agaIn at the heart of national life. You know as well as i do that this can only be the start, conference. The legacy we have Inherited is bleak, the challenges last. The path to change will be paved with tough decisions. But my belief is simple. 0ur paved with tough decisions. But my belief is simple. Our best days lie ahead of us. And the work of government is to deliver them. To brIng to life, to make realfor our children. 0urvision brIng to life, to make realfor our children. Our vision of the chances In life that they deserve. A vision rooted In our values. And the belief that socialism is about usIng the power of government to extend to All Of Us the freedom is that, In the past, a great education only gave to a lucky few. The freedom to choose your callIng and your cause. The freedom to achieve and succeed. To make a livIng for yourself and your family. Freedom notjust for Security Today but to build a better tomorrow too. That ordInary hope that Inspires the ambition workIng people have for their children. Conference, our party has always shared that ambition. But only now do we have the power to make that a reality with this Labour Government comes the chance to build on our proud history. To deliver Opportunity Notjust for some but opportunity not just for some but for all. Opportunity notjust for some but forall. Let Opportunity Notjust for some but for all. Let us seize the moment together and deliver the brighter future our children and our country deserve. Thank you. Applause the penultimate speech from a Inet-mInister'>CabInet MInister at this Labour Party Conference. She was talkIng about their plan for schools of course but also SayIng she recognise the pressures, not least the pressure on the workforce. We note that teacher recruitment, has been a huge challenge. Phillips and talkIng about that. Thats not it as a Pilot Scheme In a certaIn number of