divisive and i would reverse it. and would you support the government cutting the basic rate of income tax from from 20p down to 19p? yes, i ve long made the argument that we should reduce the tax burden on working people. but not everyone here agrees with all of that and, this morning, labour s mayor for greater manchester, andy burnham, said the basic rate of income tax should be kept where it is. tax is now a major battleground in politics, and this morning the conservative chancellor suggested he wasn t done yet. there s more to come. we ve only been here 19 days. i want to see, over the next year, people retain more of their income, because i believe that it s the british people that are going to drive this economy. this is a labour party feeling pretty chipper. yes, there are activists and union leaders arguing the leadership should be standing squarely behind public sector workers, demanding inflation matching pay rises, and the labour movement rarely sings
awful, but they sang it, but it was kind of singing to the new king more than in kind of singing to the new king more than in memory of the queen, and it was putting than in memory of the queen, and it was putting to rest the idea that lahour was putting to rest the idea that labour is was putting to rest the idea that labour is not patriotic, and i think that was labour is not patriotic, and i think that was important, particularly as one of that was important, particularly as one of the that was important, particularly as one of the things that sankjeremy corhyn one of the things that sankjeremy corbyn was appalling shots of him at a memorial corbyn was appalling shots of him at a memorial service with service men refusing a memorial service with service men refusing to a memorial service with service men refusing to sing the national anthem. refusing to sing the national anthem, so for labour, it was very symbolic. anthem, so for labour, it was very symbolic, a
to economic growth, partly by promoting green energy. he dismissed the government s strategy announced on friday of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent, ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister borrowing billions to cut taxes, in a dash for economic growth a strategy labour s leader slammed this morning as wrong headed . i see a very big political divide because you ve got the conservative party now saying the future of this country is one where the rich get richer and we offer nothing meaningful to working people. you ve got the labour party saying we do need to grow our economy, that s been the single biggest failure of the last 12 years of this tory government, but we need to recognise who grows this economy. developing green energy is key to labour s long term strategy, but what about the gove
are going to drive this economy. this is a labour party feeling pretty chipper. yes, there are activists and union leaders arguing the leadership should be standing squarely behind public sector workers, demanding inflation matching pay rises, and the labour movement rarely sings with one voice, but greater unity has certainly returned. # send him victorious.#. and this morning, a first the national anthem at the start of conference, in honour of the late queen. a moment intended to show the labour party has changed and deserves another hearing from voters. our political correspondent jonathan blake is in liverpool, jonathan, what s the mood like there? good afternoon, and an unusual opening to the conference in that report here from liverpool with the singing of the national anthem and a
which the tories have announced they re cutting, but keep the 1p cut in basic rate tax also proposed by the conservatives. as the labour party conference got under way, sir keir said the party would take a very different approach to economic growth. he dismissed the government s strategy, announced on friday, of cutting taxes to make the uk more attractive to business and investors. here s our political correspondent ben wright. for the first time in years, labour gathers for its conference believing power might be in sight. the party now confronts a new prime minister borrowing billions to cut taxes, in a dash for economic growth a strategy labour s leader slammed this morning as wrong headed . i see a very big political divide because you ve got the conservative party now saying the future of this country is one where the rich get richer and we offer nothing meaningful to working people. you ve got the labour party saying we do need to grow our economy, that s been the single bigg