[applause] thank you. Thank you. [applause] thank you, thank you. [applause] thank you everyone. Thank you. Thank you for that introduction and thank you for always doing thatat for me. Truly the best decision for a Brighter Future ive ever known. [applause] i have a wonderful wife and two daughters who make me proud every single awo day. I was also lucky enough to grow up in the most loving of homes. Baghdad was a gp and my mom a pharmacist. In so many ways i wouldnt be standing here before you today without them. My mom and dad were and are my inspiration. N. Thank you mom, thank you dad. [applause] like so many of us in the salt they understood the importance of community and they made sure that i didnd too. They didnt believe community was an extension of government. Rather the interested community is individual. By those who look out for their neighbor, treat others as they would like to be treated they understood the fundamental importance of service. It was seeing the difference they made in d peoples lives tt made me want to go into politics. My mother set up her own pharmacy rate it was a proper family business. We all chipped in. As a teenager helped deliver prescriptions into the books ive learned there the importance of being able to meet your commitments and make good on your promises. And my parents long retired now but the sunak pharmacy at the respect for every small family business. This conservative party, the party of the grocer daughter in a pharmacist and will always be the party of enterprise and the party of small business. [applause] ive been Prime Minister for almost a year now and we have done good things in that time. Weav have made progress on aarp highspirited to grow the economy cut waiting lists but today i want to share with you my reflections on what ive seen and what ive learned during this job. I have seen up close the quality of our armed forces and our Intelligence Service agents truly the finest in the world. [applause] the debt of gratitude is why we are making and i know we will deliver. Johnny served in afghanistan and was personal for him. He stood with his fellow soldiers in battle and now hes ensuring it is that conservative government making our country our heroes. [applause] we backed the military with record investments working with the great defense secretary but Defense Budget and sustainable footing and our supper in alliance with australia and the states keep the world safe for decadeses to come and create jobs here at home and for a leading role in nato we remain the bulwark of european security. All testament to this countrys global reach and influence in our determination to take longterm positions in the national interest. By contrast just remember not once but twice labor tried to make a man Prime Minister who didnt believe in nato who would have surrendered our Nuclear Deterrent and blame britain for every problem. One cant forget about his reputed Jeremy Corbin but we never will. Never trust labor without country security. It [applause] im proud to say we have let the world in providing support to ukraine. We have are the first country to send western battle tank up now for than 10 others that follow people for the first country to send longrange weapons to kyiv and now france and United States have followed up through the first country to agree to train ukrainian pilots now more than a dozen others have followed. I say this to our allies if we give presents zelensky the tools the ukrainians will finish the job. [applause] [applause] doing this job i meet and talk to inspirational men and women across our country. You see that her most potent strength their most powerful resolve ourre greatest hope is their people. What ive learned is there is an undeniable fact that politics just doesnt work the way it should and the feeling its a broken system and theok same gos for it isnt anger its an exhaustion with politics. In particular politicians saying things and nothing everchanging and you know what, they are right. Politics doesnt work the way it should. We have had 30 years of the political system which incentivizes the easy decision and not the right one, 30 years of vested interest in the in the waysi of change, 30 years of rhetorical ambition which achieves little more than a shortterm headline and why . Because our political system is too focused on not longterm success. Politicians spend more time campaigning for change than actually deliveringng it. It doesnt have to be this way. Our mission is to fundamentally change our country. [applause] the labour party will do and say as little as possible and hope no one notices. They want to take peoples votes for granted and keep doing politics the same old way. Its a battle of peoples apathy prethey dont seek to any higher purpose or Brighter Future. Its about power for the sake of power. It is in short everything that is wrong with our politics. So if this country is to change it can only be us that will deliver it. If we do not the growth will be stunted and more places will be left behind and ever more for time will be debating the signs and symptoms rather than the structural challenges we face. We wont allow this to happen. Where consensus is at at fault we will challenge it. Where of vested interests is placing itself above the needs of the people we will stop it. And where common sense is under attack from organized assault we will defend it. [applause] today will set out how we will achieve this beginning with the set of longterm decisions to build a Brighter Future for our children and to fundamentally change our country. A conference you can see my approach in the the nets air and we can throw and we conservatives love our natural world. We are determined to be good stewards of it and in my own constituency is swell dylan wensleydale that makes a place home. We conservatives value frankness and consent. We believe that politicians havt a duty to treat budgets with respect and we bring people with us. And it was not the easiest argument to have. But the reality of what people are being asked to do the thousands of pounds people would need to pay all of that disproportionally falling on in the forest of society by the way and all of it actually necessary in those timeframes to meet ourn netzero targets and in spite of his doing more than any other countryy i concluded it simply wasnt right. I decided to take a pragmatic proportionate and realistic approach to reading reaching that zero and i wont take any lectures from other countries that have done far less than us or from those for whom spending thousands of pounds means nothing. Change is difficult particularly for those who disagree. Remember this, we will still meet our national obligations. We will still meet our domestic target and we will still get to netzero by 2050. We have solved the problem and offered an unapologetic defense of good conservative common sense. [applause]mo [applause] to the country that i make this promise to all of you. As i did last summer i will tell it as it is. I believe in a different way because that is the only way to create the source of change in our politics and in our country thatat we ought desperately want to see. I came into office in thurbert difficult circumstances. What matters is the future but the facts are the facts. You cant borrow your way out of inflation. And if we want fundamental change in our country we need a Strong Economy is a foundation. That is why it was the first and most important of the five priorities i put out at the start of the year. Everything we want to achieve requires getting inflation under control. Inflation is the biggest destroyer of all of industry and jobs savings and society. No policy could rest the defeat of inflation a matter its shortterm attraction can be right. Markrk my words those of margart thatcher as true now as they were then. [applause] i know you want tax cuts and i want them to and we will deliver them but the best tax cut we can get people right now is to hold inflation in the ease the cost of living. [applause] with inflation under control at Debt Reduction willon become easier and confidence grows and the Winner Conference to grow so too will our economy. We need our economy for people across the country to feel the benefits of that like other western economies. We have a growing quickly enough in recent years. Those in labor and the others talked in our nation and we now have had one of the fastest recoveries from a pandemic of any major economy in europe. [applause] since leaving the Single Market we have not despite brexit. Because of brexit. [applause] we have the largest lifesciences Natural Services tech sectors and all of europe andnd we have record numbers of people with the security that the job provides. If we want to keep growth we have to create the conditions in which businesses can drive growth and thats exactly what we ared doing. We still have the Lowest Corporation Tax rate in the g7 and thanks to the tensors tax cuts we are the best place to invest in the machinery and equipment that your Business Needs to grow. Innovation in a modern economy so we also had the most generous tax regime in the g7 and their brexit freedoms make it ever more competitive from Financial Services to Clinical Trials to agriculture we are creating a more agile regulatory system bring a up his assist to drive e growth of our country needs. [applause] we comptroller on. Policy and why they can be the first european country to join the 11 trillion pounds pacific train path linking up with the Fastest Growing region the world and opening up new markets for Great British products. We ensure the benefits of trade and investment of brands across our country and thank you for cutting away brussells red tape and saving Small Businesses a billion pounds a year. [applause] brexit was more than a boat to leave the eu. It was a vote to change to become something more. It was a statement that britain could begin a new story one which includes all parts of our country and everyone in it. And we must keep making the case of taking back control because if we dont our opponents will try and neuter the change. The lives of the European Union said that we never see the opportunities of brexit. They know he cant be trusted on that first he said it respect the referendum results and that he wanted the secondlt referend. Then he wanted Free Movement and then he didnt hes said he wouldnt try to renegotiate our deal and then he said he would and two weeks ago he was caught on camera having a meeting with International Politicians and that he now just wants to follow all the eu rules. The irony isnt lost onul me. Well we are thinking about the future of United Kingdom he is banging on about europe. [applause] you just dont know what you youll get with him. The only thing thatit is certain is that it wont be what is pollack taking. The worst thing is that he just said whatever he thinks will benefit him the most. Doesnt matter whether he can deliver it and it doesnt matter if its true. It doesnt matter if he said the opposite of few weeks or months ago. He is a walking definition of the 30year political status quo i am here to end. That is why we have to beat him at conference and that is why we will. C [applause] if we are to create change and drive growth across the country we must get our own for structure right. A full consensus has taken root and all that matters are the links between our this consensus says that her National Economic regeneration should be driven at the exclusion of everywhere else. It said the most important connectionsse brexit hats is wih london and not anywhere else. And this is the only link that matters is north to south and not east or west. What we really need though is better transport connections in the north. And it will join our great towns and cities in the north. I want to come to manchester today to say that this will be our prior to our focus our project. A chest tube is the ultimate example of the old consensus. The result is costs have more than doubled which has been repeatedly delayed and its not scheduled to reach here in manchester for almost two decades and from which the economic case has massively been weakened with the changes to Business Travel post covid. I say to those who backed the project ine the first place the facts have changed and the right thing to do when the facts change is to have the courage to change direction. [applause] so im ending this site and canceling the h2 project and in its place, in its place we will reinvest every single penny, 36 billion pounds in hundreds of new transport projects in the north in the midlands across the country. This means 36 billion pounds of investment in the project that will make a real difference across our nation. [applause] [applause] as a result of the decision we are taking today every region outside of london will proceed the same or more Government Investment than they would have done under hst with quicker results. No government has ever developed a more ambitious scheme for north and transport than argue Network North. Its the right way to spread opportunity across our country to level up. With our new Network North you will be able to get from manchester to the new station in bradford in 30 minutes project failed in 42 minutes and the hall and 84 minutes by a fully electrified line. [applause] [applause] dont worry, there is more. We will protect the 12 million tons to think manchester and liverpool is planned and engage with leaders on how best to deliver that scheme. Well build the wrapup connecting 60 different stations. Wellns help extend the West Midlands mature and will build the lead tram and electrified the north wells mainline upgrade to a one to day to the e5 the m. Six. [applause] we will connect [applause] there is more. There is lots more. We will connect their union with the i75 listing links between scotland and northern ireland. We will fund the shipley bypass the relief road and deliver 17 other roads. We will resurface roads across the country. Well bring back the valley glen and upgrade the energy coastline between carlisle and the paros, build hundreds of other and keep the twopound across the whole country. [applause] [applause] i challenge anyone to tell me with a straight face that all of that is what the north really needs. [applause] our plan would drive far more opportunity here in the north and the cross train to london every. John stephenson is longer to eastwest links are more important than northsouth once and given how far construction is within line from birmingham to houston and the train will still run here to manchester in journey time so they cut between manchester and london by 30 minutes. I say this to a man i have huge admiration and respect for. I know we have different views on a i chest to but i also knowe can Work Together to ensure a faster stronger quicker train andbe more capacity between birmingham and manchester. [applause] [applause] management of h. S. 2 will not be for the houston site. There was mismanagement of this project. [applause] we will create a new Houston Development zone building thousands of new homes for the next generation of homeowners, new Business Opportunities and a station that delivers the capacity we need. And in doing so, for the first time in the life cycle of this project, we will have cut costs. [applause] the 6 1 2 billion pounds of savings that mark and i are making will be taken from the houston site and given to the rest of the country. Now the decision i have made and the steps im taking will be attacked and saying there is lack of ambition. People in our own party who will oppose it, but nothing ambitious about pouring more and more money into the wrong project. Nothing longterm about looking at your Real Infrastructure needs so you can spend a large amount. We have spent so much on it that it would be embarrassing to stop. That would be an absurd and abdication of leadership. They will say there is somehow a Cross Party Consensus on the project that i have said. That consensus is wrong. For too long they have invested in the transport they want not the transport that the rest of the country the north and the midlands want and need. [applause] focus on what i have started, ask to consider what we have created with Network North, an alternative of overdelayed will now begin hundreds upon hundreds of new projects large and small, road and rail, bus and train covering the whole country that will be delivered faster and see every region receiving more investments than they would have done. You cant have both. So those who wish to disagree with me, i respect that that they have the honesty to admit they would be cancelling hundreds of alternative projects right across the country that people will benefit from instead. I think our plan is simply a better longterm investment of 36 billion pounds of taxpayers money. [applause] now we need to bring this willingness to make the right decision to every aspect of our national life. The n. H. S. Is important and birthright of every person in this country. N. H. S. And worked night and day to get us through the pandemic. Our commitment to the possible n. H. S. Is immoveable. And this conservative government is putting record resources into our n. H. S. But we conservatives know that you dont measure your affections to the n. H. S. Not by how much money but how you reform it to the challenges ahead. I know right now waiting list of patients is most pressing concern. Scottland and wales have risen because of the pandemic and a canceled i know right now waiting is the most precious concern. Justice in scotland and wales strikes have led to more than 1 millionth canceled appointments. This is a reasonable government. We have negotiated and rich pay deals with over 1 million nhs workers including nurses and hospital porters. We have met the recommendations of the independent pay review bodys for Junior Doctors and consultants in full. We have cut their taxes on their pensions as they requested. [applause] but they continue to demand massive unaffordable pay rises and they have chosen to block out this week says it all. The strike is all about politics not patients. [applause] the strikes are not in the spirit of the nhs. This year we celebrate its 17th year for service in one of my abiding a aides assure Prime Ministers to set the nhs up for the next 75 are true believers in the promise of the nhs wanted to reflect the world we live in today. That means a higherquality service that offers you the patient with choice allowing you to use any provider, independent or nhs free of charge that will get you treated quicker, a commonsense reform that this conservative government has made. [applause] rs huge fees. And we are ending that with the first fer ever Longterm Work Force Plan for our health service. Let me repeat that. The first ever Longterm Work Force Plan. It says everything about the politics that for the last 75 years not a single government has planned for how many doctors and nurses the n. H. S. Will need in the decades ahead. Our plan doubles the number of students training to be doctors and nurses but it is also a reform flarn the nmple h. S. With new ways of train, no rowl new roles, now ways of work, driving up productivity. Vested interests will oppose some of these measures but we must conservative but we conservatives must do the right thing to allow the n. H. S. To work as productively as the best Health Care System anywhere in the world. [applause] and this is what a longterm decision really is. It takes up to 15 years to train a consultant. Theres no politics in this investment. Its our kids our kids and their kids. Theyll get a must better, stronger n. H. S. Thats why were here. Thats why we conservatives do what we do, up and down the country, from white hall to town hall. Were building a Better Future for the next generation. To ease the more fundamental burden of demand on the n. H. S. We need more Preventive Care to stop people having to go to hospital in the first place. We must tackle the single biggest entirely preventible cause of ill health, disable and death and that is smoking. In our country, smoking causes one in four cancer deaths. It kills 64,000 people a year and leads to almost one hospital admission every minute. It significantly increases the risk of stroke, heart disease, dementia. Now weve made great progress in tackling the smoaking. The number of people smoking is down 2 3 since the 1970s. If were to do the right thing for our kids we must try stop teenagers taking up cigarettes in the first place. Without significant change thousands of children will start smoking in the coming years and have their lives cut short as a result. People take up cigarettes when theyre young. Four in five smokers started by the time theyre 20. The vast majority try to quit but many fail because theyre addict and they wesh they had never taken up the habit in the first place. If we could break that cycle, if we could stop the start, then wed be on our way to ending the biggest cause of preventable death and disease in our country. So i propose that in future, we raise the smoking age by one year every year. That means a 14yearold [applause] that means a 14yearold today will never legally be sold a cigarette. And if they and their generation can grow up smokefree. We know that works. When we raised the smoking age to 18, smoking prevalence drpped by 30 in that age group. When the United States raised the age to 21, the smoking rate dropped by 39 in that age group. Smoking places huge pressures on the n. H. S. And cost ours country 17 billion pounds a year. We have a chance to cut cancer deaths by a quarter. Significantly ease those pressures, and protect our children and we should take it. This is not a values judgment on people who smoke. I dont believe it would be fair to take away the rights of anyone to smoke who currently does. So and the vote on this in parliament will be a free vote as the ban on smoking in Public Places was and raising the age to 18 was. There will be no government whip. It is a matter of conscience. I want you and the country to know where mine is. For conservatives, measures that restrict choice are never easy. I know not everyone in this hall will agree with me on this. But ive spent a long time weighing up this decision. Simply put, unlike all other legal products theres no safe level of smoking. What has ultimately plagued me is none of us, not even those who smoke, want our children to grow up to be smokers. And this change can make that a reality. It will save more lives than any other decision we could take. [applause] and as any parent or teacher know, one of the woas worrying twins right now the rise in vaping ammonk children. One in five children have used vape. We must act before it becomes endemic. So we will also bring forward measures to restrict the availability of vape to our children, looking at flavors, packaging displays and disposable vapes. As Prime Minister i have an obligation to do what i think is the right thing for our clint in the longterm. And as conservatives, we have never shirked that responsibility. We have always been at the front of society, leegd it. And when we have the tools at our disposal to deal with the biggest cause of preventable illness and death in our country, to cut cancer deaths by a quarter, to significantly reduce longterm pressure on our n. H. S. , to do and to do for our children what we all in our heart of hearts know is right, we must act, we must lead, we must put the next generation first and thats what i will do. [applause] but it will only mean so much if we cant deal with issues of fundamental sovereignty, safety and control. Im talking of course about illegal immigration. It is nonnegotiable that you, the british people, decide who comes here and not criminal gangs. [applause] those gangs ply a trade that leads to innocent people dying. We have a moral duty to defeat this evil and we will. I have never pretended that stopping the boats will be easy. At the time i committed to government to delivering that goal the consensus was simple. There was nothing we could do about it. They pointed to four years growing crossings and said impossible. P well, conference, they were wrong. It is not impossible. And we are proving it. Small boat crossings are, for the First Time Since the phenomenon began, down 20 this year. [applause] all while entry into europe is up. We are by no means where we want to be but dont let anyone tell you we arent making progress. We are and we will get there. Our new law will ensure if you come here illegally youll be detain and swiftly removed. Im confident that one slight once we start this, boats will stop coming. Look at how our agreement with albania has seen the numbers coming from there fall by 90 . Im confident that our approach complies with our international obligation. But knowthis. I will do whatever is necessary to stop the votes. To stop the boats. [applause] by contrast, labors labours plan is to cook up a deal with the e. U. Which could see us accepting around 100,000 of europes asylum seekers. If your answer to illegal migration is to increase it you clearly just dont get it and thats why we have to stop them. Thats because on this and so many other issues, labor dont share our and the countrys values my values are simple. Service. Family. Work. I was brought up to understand the value of work. Work gives you security. Work gives you purpose. When the pandemic hit, we were faced with the prospect of 12 Million People losing that security, that purpose, overnight. And once youre out of work it can be hard to get back in. I wasnt prepared to cast 12 Million People into that darkness. Im proud that we not only prevented this but helped ensure our economy recovered more strongly from the pandemic than france, germany and japan. Never forget the scale of what we did for so many. In six weeks, we did something that had never been done before. From scratch. I was told it wasnt possible. That it wouldnt work. But i got it done. Furlough with compassionate conservative. I in action. Conservatism in action. If furlough was one thing that helps us get through covid, Ian Duncan Smiths systems was another. But we have more to do. We must end the National Scandal where our benefit system declares that more than two Million People of working age are incapable of actually doing any. Thats not conservative. Thats not compassionate. That must change. In 2011, one in five of those doing a Work Capability assessment were deemed unfit to work. But the latest figure now stands at 65 . Are people three times sicker today than they were a decade ago . No. Of course not. Its not good for our economy. Its not fair on taxpayers who have to pick up the bill. And its a tragedy for those two Million People being written off. I refuse to accept this and that is why were going to change the rules so that those who can work, do work. [applause] your values and your priorities should be expressed in everything the Public Sector does. Too often, it is not. Too many pars of our state, virtue signaling has replaced common sense. Theres no such thing as a minor crime. Yet the police tolerate crime and antisocial behavior in any form well have more crime of all sorts. So thats why we now have record numbers of Police Officers and every crime should be investigated. Our streets will be safer. Our communities more secure. No one should be afraid to walk home alone at night. [applause] our london may i dont recall candidate is doing a great job holding him to account for his failure in policing. Londoners, you will be safer with susan. [applause] and im clear, there are some crimes so heinous that those who perpetrate them should spend the rest of their lives behind bars. So i will confirm that we will legislate sexual and sadistic murders to carry a full life term with no prospect of release. We are going to change this country and that means life means life. That shouldnt be a controversial position. The vast majority of hardworking people agree with it. And it also shouldnt be controversial for parents to know what their children are being taught in school about relationships. Patients should know when hospitals are talking about men or women. And we shouldnt get [applause] and we shouldnt get bullied into believing that people can be any sex they want to be. They cant. A man is a man. A woman is a woman. Thats just common sense. [cheers and applause] we should also never be afraid to talk about the thing that matters most to most of us. Family. Whenever you want to talk about family, someone whispers is that wise, Prime Minister . Youll be accused of promoting a one size fits all view. But in this con severtive party, the party that legislates same sex marriage and is nsing record amounts in child care, we know what matters is that life cascades down the generations. [applause] it is family that cares for us at the beginning of our life. It is family that helps us learn. It is families that sustains us. And in old age it is family that lightens the autumn of our days. Family matters and as proud conservatives we should never be afraid to say that. [applause] and theres another family that matters to us all, our family of nations. England, scotland, wales and northern ireland. Tooth our union is the strongest its been in a quarter century. The forces of separatism are in retreat across our country. Nicolas sturgeon wanted to go nikola sturgeon wanted to go down as the woman who breck up our country but it now looks like she may go down for very different reasons. [applause] we are a remarkable combination of four nations with a proud history and that history should give us enormous confidence in our future my grandparents didnt immigrate to just lieser or southampton but to the United Kingdom. They came here because our country stands for a set of values. We are the home of fair play. The best of british. We are a place for those who want to add to our national story. The United Kingdom has done a huge amount for my family. I think about how different our lives would be if my grandparents had not left india and east africa all those years ago. I owe our country everything. And it is mimy duty to do what i can to help this country take the right longterm decisions for the years ahead. The United Kingdom is also the most successful multiethnic democracy on earth. And our party has led the way on that. We had the first ethnic minority Prime Minister when Queen Victoria was still on the throne. [applause] weve had three female Prime Ministers and i stand before you today as the first nonwhite leader in our countrys history. [applause] meanwhile, labours last three leaders, all live within the same square mile of north london. [laughter] now when the conservative association selected me people in other countries couldnt understand it. One american magazine sent a reporter to yorkshire to write about how a candidate of the wrong race could cost the tories one of the safest seats in england. But they should not have projected their own prejudices onto our country. [applause] the people of north york shir were not interested in my color but my character. Never let anyone tell you this is a racist country. It is not my story is a british story. A story about how a family can go from arriving here with little, to downing street in three generations. What does the conservative party offer a family of immigrants . The chance to become energy secretary, business secretary, home secretary, foreign secretary, even the chance to become Prime Minister. [applause] when i first became an m. P. , my grandfather came to parliament to see me. As we stood in westminster hall, on that floor which does raley and churchill walked across so which disraeli and churchill walked across so many times, my grandfather got out his phone and started to make a call. I was a new m. P. So i wasnt sure if that was ok. I said cantuate . He said, im calling my landlady when we first got here, so i can tell her where were standing. Im proud to be the first nonwhite Prime Minister but im even prouder that its not a big deal. [applause] and just remember, it was the conservative party that made that happen, not the labor party. If we want to change the correction of our country and build a Better Future, nothing is more important than making hour Education System the best it can be. When our party came to power in 2010, our schools were slipping down International Lead tables. Now they are rapidly rising. Of what we have done in government since 2010, what i am proudest of is our record on education. With michael and others we took on a failed ideology. We brought back proper knowledge. We empowered reformers. We gave parents more choice and help them hold schools to account. Perhaps the most profound thing we have done is to disprove the idea that there is something predestined about who will succeed and who wont. We have schools in some of the most deprived parts of the country producing the best results. These schools empowered by reform dont think theres limits to these children because of the postcode they were born in. Rather they demand, inspire and deliver excellence. A Labour Government would never have done this. Rather, labour pursues the false dream of 50 of children going to university and abandon apprenticeships. This assumption that the only route to success was the University Route was one of the great mistakes of the last 30 years. [applause] it led to thousands of young people being ripped off by degrees that did nothing to increase their employability or earning potential. So we are stopping universities from enrolling students on courses that do nothing for their life chances. Under us, no more ripoff degrees. [applause] and if you want to know how much i value apprenticeships, look at the fact that we have our first ever apprentice to the education secretary. [applause] today i want to build on these conservative achievements and take a longterm decision to address the problem without within our Education System. Technical education is not given the respect it deserves. Students dont spend enough time in the classroom. A quarter of our children leave education without the basic literacy and new mexico rahcy they need to and numeracy they need to fulfill their potential. And our students study too narrow a rain only of subjects. Today im changing all of that, pulling one of the biggest levers we have to change the direction of our country. Well introduce the new rigorous knowledgerich advanced British Standards. Which will bring together alevels an tlevel into a new single qualification for our school leavers. First, it will finally deliver on the promise of parity between academic and Technical Education because all students will sit the advanced British Standard. Second, we will raise the floor, ensuring that our children leave school literate and numerate because with the advanced British Standard all students will study some form of math and english to 18 with extra help for those who struggle most. In our country, no child should be left behind. [applause] third our 16 to 19yearolds spend around a third less time in the classroom than some of our competitors. We must change this. So with our advanced British Standards, students will spend at least 195 hours more with a teacher. And fourth, alevel students generally only do three subjects, compared to the seven studiesed studied by our economic competitors. The advanced British Standard will change that with students typically studying five subjects. Thanks to the extra teaching time were introduce, the greater breadth wont come at the expense of depth which is a strength of our system. Our plan will require more teachers in coming years. So i can announce today that in order to attract and retain more teachers, those who teach key subjects in schools and for the first time in our further education colleges, will receive special bonuses of up to 30,000 pounds taxfree over the first five years of their career. Our teachers [applause] our featurers do one of the most valuable b our teachers do one of the most valuable jobs in our society and we should reward them for that. My main funding priority in every Spending Review from now on will be education. Why . Because its the closest thing we have to a silver bullet. It is the best economic policy, the best social policy, the best moral policy. It is the best way to spread opportunity and to create a more prosperous society. It is not just my way, conference, it is the conservative way. [applause] i know times have been tough. We have all had to deal with unprecedented challenges. I will be straight with you. We have mountains to overcome still. But today we have made three huge decisions to change the direction of our country. We will give britain the infrastructure it needs, protect the longterm future of our n. H. S. And cut cancer deaths by a quarter, and create the best Education System in the western world to set up our children for the opportunities of the future. If we commit, if we come together, we can achieve truly great things. We can build a country where work is truly valued. Where welfare is a safety net and not a way of life. Where Small Businesses drive our economy. Where innovation makes life better. Where our n. H. S. Is properly funded and properly reformed. Where our children are the best educated in the western world. Whether thats at university or, yes, through an apprenticeship. Where the scourge of antisocial behavior is treated as the crime it is and not some social condition. Where for the most violent offenders life means life. Whether people and their government decide to come who comes here where people not government decide who come heres and who cant. Where the next generation can fulfill their dream of owning their own home. Where decency and Mutual Respect binds communities together. Where the very idea ofberry stain a symbol of hope and stability across the world. And where our United Kingdom remains united. [applause] all this and more is ours if we want it. But we have to fight for it. At the next election, the choice the people face is bigger than party politics. Do we want a government committed to making longterm decisions . Prepared to be radical in the face of challenges and to take on vested interests . Or do we want to standstill and quietly accept more of the same . You either think this country needs to change or you dont. If you do, you should stand with me and every person in this hall. You should stand with the conservatives. [applause] today this party put the needs of the british people first. Weve take then decision many should have done but didnt. We have ended the drama and in its place willem bark on a fullscale national reinvestment in the infrastructure people actually use and want and the scild work force who will build it. And no more hiding. No more pretending in the face of overwhelming evidence too many sons and daughters, fathers and mother, are lost to lung kans eric heart disease, dementia, stillbirth and we can change that. Today we went beyond ideology and put the people first again. And committed ourselves to ensure our children and grandchildren can be the first generation that doesnt have to suffer the false choice to quit smoking or not because they will never have started. Today we set a course for our Education Systems that will set our children up for the opportunities of the future. No more ripoff degrees. No more low aspirations. No more denigration of Technical Education. Just the best Education System in the western world. We will be bold. We will be radical. We will face resistance. And we will meet it. We will give the country what it so sorely needs and yet to often has been denied. A government prepared to make longterm decisions so that we can build a Brighter Future for everyone. Be in no doubt, it is time for a change and we are it. Thank you. [applause] [captions Copyright National cabl