richard walker. former cabinet minister andrea leadsom. and the bbc s deputy political editor, vicki young. the chancellors day began like this. this 45p rate was simply a distraction in our mission to achieve higher growth. a u turn on the scrapping the 45p top rate of tax a policy he d announced in his mini budgetjust 10 days ago. now, in a little under 15 minnutes he ll be addressing the party faithful to persuade them that he is the man to be trusted with the economy through turbulent times. welcome to politics live in birmingham. andrea led some, after the market turmoil following the mini budget on the 23rd of september by kwasi kwarteng, and then the dramatic u turn overnight and this morning, on a central plank of that budget, and the economic perspectives of the government, how damaged is kwasi kwarteng s authority? i damaged is kwasi kwarteng s authori ? ~ ., , authority? i think it was really important authority? i think it was really important that author
up stop businesses hiring and skilling up their workforce. that is an unprecedented set of incentives for business, to invest, to createjobs, to build right across our country. and it will start right now. conference, we will get britain moving. applause but too often, regulation holds business and britain back. stifling red tape puts up too many barriers to entrepreneurs looking to scale up. there are too many rules for small business owners who want to take on an apprentice. there are too many burdens on our finance sector stopping it from investing in key projects. and when britain s innovators, job creators, entrepreneurs and risk takers are held back, so is britain. that is why we will review, replace or