0:00:24 > 0:00:27Thank you very much for that introduction and before I start, I
0:00:27 > 0:00:32just think we should pause for a moment and send our condolences to
0:00:32 > 0:00:38those who have lost their lives in Leicester last night. We thank the
0:00:38 > 0:00:42emergency services, the police, the fire, the ambulances and local
0:00:42 > 0:00:45residents for all the help and support they gave to the victims of
0:00:45 > 0:00:51that tragedy last night. Could I also say a big thank you to Coventry
0:00:51 > 0:00:56University for allowing us this space this morning. After high-tech
0:00:56 > 0:01:02around us, the modern Labour Party, ultra high-tech. You are supposed to
0:01:02 > 0:01:07laugh at that! Thank you. Also the work that Coventry University does
0:01:07 > 0:01:12in cutting edge technology, research technology, and ensuring that the
0:01:12 > 0:01:17skills of decades in Coventry that build aircraft and cars and so much
0:01:17 > 0:01:23else are developed into the high-tech that we want for the 21st
0:01:23 > 0:01:26century with sustainable industries and technology. Can I also thank the
0:01:26 > 0:01:31Shadow ministers that are here today. Rebecca Long Bailey, who is
0:01:31 > 0:01:35doing an incredible job on business and trade. Barry Gardner who is
0:01:35 > 0:01:40doing a great job on trade itself. You work together. And Keir Starmer
0:01:40 > 0:01:43who has done such a brilliant job in holding the government to account
0:01:43 > 0:01:48and forcing them to retreat time after time on the whole issue of
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Brexit negotiations. And you very much for being here.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56APPLAUSE And welcome to Coventry MPs were
0:01:56 > 0:02:00being here today. I think we should also thank
0:02:00 > 0:02:06Geoffrey Robinson for the incredible work he did in Parliament on the
0:02:06 > 0:02:11open door and is built on Friday. It is making a difference to the lives
0:02:11 > 0:02:19of many people. -- oaken donors. Britain's industrial heartland is
0:02:19 > 0:02:24where we are now and it is now set to be our next City of Culture, so
0:02:24 > 0:02:30well done Coventry to doing that and I am looking forward to joining in
0:02:30 > 0:02:36the celebrations. I was given a book by the University this morning which
0:02:36 > 0:02:40I will treasure. Next month, the government will embark on the second
0:02:40 > 0:02:44and most crucial phase of negotiations to leave the European
0:02:44 > 0:02:49Union, to set the terms of Britain's relationship with the EU for the
0:02:49 > 0:02:52long-term. We are now 20 months on from the referendum that voted to
0:02:52 > 0:02:57leave and a year on from the triggering of Article 50. But the
0:02:57 > 0:03:01country is still in the dark about what this divided Conservative
0:03:01 > 0:03:05government actually wants out Brexit. They cannot agree amongst
0:03:05 > 0:03:07themselves about what their priorities are or what the future
0:03:07 > 0:03:13they want for Britain after Brexit is. They have got no shortage of
0:03:13 > 0:03:17sound bites and slogans of course. The Foreign Secretary says it will
0:03:17 > 0:03:22be a liberal Brexit, the Prime Minister says it will be a red,
0:03:22 > 0:03:26white and blue Brexit. On other days it is a bespoke, economic
0:03:26 > 0:03:32partnership. The Brexit secretary at least no promises it will not be at
0:03:32 > 0:03:36maxed Mac style dystopia, which you might think is setting the bar a
0:03:36 > 0:03:40little low. Whilst the trade Secretary cannot contain himself at
0:03:40 > 0:03:44the prospect of pushing Britain into a spiral of deregulation in right
0:03:44 > 0:03:49and standards. The Cabinet seemed to agree at Chequers to leave the door
0:03:49 > 0:03:54open to that, while the ambitious, manage diversion goes on, whatever
0:03:54 > 0:03:59that means. But the truth is we do not know much more about where they
0:03:59 > 0:04:03are heading in these talks while workers, businesses and everyone who
0:04:03 > 0:04:06voted in the referendum just want to know what the government's approach
0:04:06 > 0:04:11to Brexit is likely to mean for their future and the future of the
0:04:11 > 0:04:16country. As the opposition, we have been trying to hold this government
0:04:16 > 0:04:20to account, we have a duty to do that. Our message has been
0:04:20 > 0:04:24consistent since the vote to leave 20 months ago. We respect the
0:04:24 > 0:04:30results of the referendum. Our priority is to get the best deal for
0:04:30 > 0:04:34people's jobs, living standards and the economy, as Becky was explaining
0:04:34 > 0:04:41in her opening remarks. We reject any race to the bottom in workers'
0:04:41 > 0:04:44rights, environmental safeguards, consumer protections or food safety
0:04:44 > 0:04:49standards. We pushed the government to act to guarantee the rights of
0:04:49 > 0:04:54European Union citizens living here, and of UK citizens who have made
0:04:54 > 0:04:58their homes elsewhere in Europe. I want to thank all those European
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Union nationals who have made their homes here and who have made such an
0:05:02 > 0:05:06incredible contribution to our communities, lives and public
0:05:06 > 0:05:09services and say to the government it is a shame on them, they have
0:05:09 > 0:05:14been through 20 months of uncertain horror because there has been no
0:05:14 > 0:05:19guarantee of their future. We will protect their rights by legislating
0:05:19 > 0:05:22immediately to guarantee permanent residence for EU nationals living
0:05:22 > 0:05:24here and the right to bring their families here.
0:05:24 > 0:05:33APPLAUSE We also want to ensure a transition
0:05:33 > 0:05:38period on the existing terms, that was a very strong point that other
0:05:38 > 0:05:41colleagues put in parliament, which would minimise disruption and avoid
0:05:41 > 0:05:46an economic cliff edge. To avoid any return to a hard border
0:05:46 > 0:05:53in Northern Ireland and to guarantee Parliament a meaningful vote on the
0:05:53 > 0:05:59final deal. The Conservative government has dithered and delayed.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01There are divisions, incompetence and deregulation obsession risks
0:06:01 > 0:06:06putting jobs and living standards at risk as we leave the European Union.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11This is an economy that has already been damaged by eight years of
0:06:11 > 0:06:16conservative austerity. Wages are still lower today than they were a
0:06:16 > 0:06:23decade ago. Productivity lags dangerously behind other major
0:06:23 > 0:06:27economies. The government has failed to invest and modernise. More people
0:06:27 > 0:06:34are living in poverty and we are closing the deficit that was due to
0:06:34 > 0:06:43be eradicated in 2015, then 2016, then 2017, then 2020, and now it has
0:06:43 > 0:06:50been put back to 2025. After years of Tory bluster and slogans, the
0:06:50 > 0:06:55Conservatives have been found out. They have no economic plan and they
0:06:55 > 0:07:00have no Brexit plan. Every so often they wheel out Boris Johnson to
0:07:00 > 0:07:05promise once more that they will cough up more money for the NHS
0:07:05 > 0:07:12after Brexit. And they have spent the last eight years not giving
0:07:12 > 0:07:16money to the National Health Service that so desperately needs it. Even
0:07:16 > 0:07:21while they have been able to find billions of pounds, billions, to cut
0:07:21 > 0:07:26taxes for the richest corporations, to cut capital gains tax for the
0:07:26 > 0:07:33super-rich elite, and to scrap the 50% rate for the richest, and find
0:07:33 > 0:07:39billions more to cut inheritance tax on the wealthiest estates and to
0:07:39 > 0:07:44slash the bank levy. Yet the NHS has been subjected to the longest
0:07:44 > 0:07:49financial squeeze in its history. This is a government that failed our
0:07:49 > 0:07:54NHS pre-Brexit and during Brexit and certainly cannot be trusted with the
0:07:54 > 0:08:02NHS post Brexit. Labour will give the NHS the resources it needs. We
0:08:02 > 0:08:09will raise tax on the top 5% and big businesses. Those with the Brodie 's
0:08:09 > 0:08:12shoulders should pay, not by making up numbers and parading them on the
0:08:12 > 0:08:19side of a bus. We will use the funds return from Brussels after Brexit to
0:08:19 > 0:08:23invest in our public services and the jobs of the future, not tax cuts
0:08:23 > 0:08:32for the richest. APPLAUSE
0:08:32 > 0:08:37Today I want to set that Labour's approach to Brexit in more detail,
0:08:37 > 0:08:42how we would do things differently. What our priorities are for the
0:08:42 > 0:08:47Brexit negotiations and the values that underpin them. The first is our
0:08:47 > 0:08:52overriding mission, that whatever is negotiated must put people's jobs
0:08:52 > 0:08:59and living standards first. The Brexit process must not leave our
0:08:59 > 0:09:02people and country worse off. We are committed to building a more
0:09:02 > 0:09:11prosperous and more equal Britain in which every region, every region,
0:09:11 > 0:09:14benefits and no community, absolutely no community, is left
0:09:14 > 0:09:18behind. As we set out in our manifesto, and that is what
0:09:18 > 0:09:26underpins our approach to Brexit. The second is unity. Most people in
0:09:26 > 0:09:30our country, regardless of whether they voted leave remain, want better
0:09:30 > 0:09:36jobs, more investment, stronger rights and greater equality. So we
0:09:36 > 0:09:42will not let those who want to sow divisions drive this process. No
0:09:42 > 0:09:47scapegoating of migrants, no set in one generation against another, and
0:09:47 > 0:09:50no playing off the nations of the UK.
0:09:50 > 0:10:01APPLAUSE No one should be willing to
0:10:01 > 0:10:06sacrifice the Good Friday Agreement, the bases of 20 years of relative
0:10:06 > 0:10:09peace and development and respect for diversity in Northern Ireland.
0:10:09 > 0:10:18APPLAUSE The Good Friday Agreement was a huge
0:10:18 > 0:10:22achievement and on this anniversary of it less respect that and the
0:10:22 > 0:10:25achievement that went behind it and not allow that to be undermined
0:10:25 > 0:10:31during the Brexit process. The third is our global perspective. We are
0:10:31 > 0:10:37leaving the European Union, but we are not leaving Europe. We are not
0:10:37 > 0:10:40throwing up protectionist barriers, closing the borders and barricading
0:10:40 > 0:10:45ourselves in. We want a close and cooperative relationship with the
0:10:45 > 0:10:54whole of Europe after Brexit. We are a party of internationalists. We
0:10:54 > 0:10:57know that our interests are bound up with millions of others or across
0:10:57 > 0:11:02the globe, whether that is in order to tackle the huge challenges of
0:11:02 > 0:11:08climate change, build a more peaceful world, or clamped down on
0:11:08 > 0:11:15the tax dodging elite who think that by bestriding the globe they can
0:11:15 > 0:11:18avoid paying their share for vital public services.
0:11:18 > 0:11:25APPLAUSE I want to address each of these
0:11:25 > 0:11:27principles today because together they define Labour's approach to
0:11:27 > 0:11:33Brexit. The Labour Party's values and what the next Labour government
0:11:33 > 0:11:38will seek to deliver in office. So many of the areas that voted to
0:11:38 > 0:11:47leave by the same areas that have lost out from years of chronic
0:11:47 > 0:11:52underinvestment, areas where too many people are held back by the
0:11:52 > 0:12:00lack of opportunities, where people fail because the system is rigged
0:12:00 > 0:12:04against them because they cannot get a decent, secure job. They cannot
0:12:04 > 0:12:08afford to buy a home, they cannot get more hours or higher paid, they
0:12:08 > 0:12:15cannot afford to retire or are not able to escape the spiral of debt.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20You cannot replace secure jobs in manufacturing or mining with sports
0:12:20 > 0:12:24direct and insecure work like that. You have got to do better than that
0:12:24 > 0:12:27as a society and country and we are determined to do that.
0:12:27 > 0:12:33APPLAUSE Labour's priority is to get the best
0:12:33 > 0:12:39Brexit deal for jobs and living standards, to underpin our plans to
0:12:39 > 0:12:44upgrade the economy and invest in every community and every region, to
0:12:44 > 0:12:49shift it away from the low pay, low skill, low investment economy that
0:12:49 > 0:12:53it has become under the Tories and rebalance that investment across the
0:12:53 > 0:12:58whole of the country so that no longer will some regions get a mere
0:12:58 > 0:13:0316 of the capital investment that goes to London. That is why Labour
0:13:03 > 0:13:09once a Brexit for all our people, one that offers security to workers
0:13:09 > 0:13:14in the car industry worried about their future, hope to families
0:13:14 > 0:13:18struggling to pay the bills each month, and opportunities to young
0:13:18 > 0:13:23people wanted a decent job and a home of their own. These are the
0:13:23 > 0:13:28people we are thinking of and working for. It is a very different
0:13:28 > 0:13:34story around the awayday mahogany table in Chequers. The government
0:13:34 > 0:13:41seems much more concerned about cutting deals with each other for
0:13:41 > 0:13:45their friends and their funders in the city of London. Labour is
0:13:45 > 0:13:52looking for a Brexit that puts the working people first. Leaving the
0:13:52 > 0:13:57EU, whenever that exit date comes, risks delivering a shock to the
0:13:57 > 0:14:02economy and lead the right plans and protections are in place. To allow
0:14:02 > 0:14:05the kind of investment in economic transformation programmes that the
0:14:05 > 0:14:13country needs and that Labour is committed to. For 45 years our
0:14:13 > 0:14:16economy has become increasingly linked to the European Union and
0:14:16 > 0:14:21many of our laws and regulations are set and monitored by joint European
0:14:21 > 0:14:24authorities, from implementing rules on the use of pesticides to
0:14:24 > 0:14:29assessing the levels of fluoride in our drinking water. The European
0:14:29 > 0:14:33food safety authority plays a vital role in monitoring the substances
0:14:33 > 0:14:38used in manufacturing or growing our food using the latest scientific
0:14:38 > 0:14:41evidence to assess whether substances are likely to have
0:14:41 > 0:14:46harmful effects on human or
0:14:46 > 0:14:50The European chemicals agency carries out the valuable task of
0:14:50 > 0:14:56authorising chemicals are safe for use. Many businesses have a supply
0:14:56 > 0:15:00chains and production processes interwoven throughout Europe. Take
0:15:00 > 0:15:07the UK car industry, which supports 169,000 manufacturing jobs, 52,000
0:15:07 > 0:15:13of which are here in the West Midlands. If we look at the example
0:15:13 > 0:15:17of one of Britain's most iconic brands in this sector - the mini -
0:15:17 > 0:15:22we begin to see how reliant our automotive industry is an
0:15:22 > 0:15:26frictionless, interwoven supply chain. A Many will cross the Channel
0:15:26 > 0:15:32three times in a 2000 mile journey finished our role in the production
0:15:32 > 0:15:40line. Starting in Oxford, it will be moved to France to be fitted for key
0:15:40 > 0:15:45components before Brion bought back to BMW's plant in Warwickshire,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48where it is moulded into shape. Wants that process is complete, the
0:15:48 > 0:15:54Mini will be sent to Munich to be fitted with its engine before ending
0:15:54 > 0:15:59its journey back at the Mini plant in Oxford for final assembly. If
0:15:59 > 0:16:04that car is to be sold on the continent, many of its components
0:16:04 > 0:16:08will have crossed the Channel four tightens. The sheer complexity of
0:16:08 > 0:16:11these issues demand that we are practical and serious about this
0:16:11 > 0:16:18next stage. I want to pay tribute to Kenya, Rebecca, Barry and Emily
0:16:18 > 0:16:25Thornberry for grappling with these issues. -- to Kier Starmer. They are
0:16:25 > 0:16:30serious and united in their work. I don't want to be personal in
0:16:30 > 0:16:34politics but it isn't a bit of contrast what is going on on the
0:16:34 > 0:16:38other side of the House of Commons chamber. I will leave it at that. I
0:16:38 > 0:16:41don't want to tread on difficult cordons that people are suffering
0:16:41 > 0:16:48from. It makes no sense for the UK to abandon EU agencies and tariff
0:16:48 > 0:16:52free trading rules that have served us well, supporting our industrial
0:16:52 > 0:16:56sectors, protecting workers and consumers and safeguarding the
0:16:56 > 0:17:00environment. Is that means negotiating to support individual EU
0:17:00 > 0:17:05agencies, rather than paying more to duplicate those agencies here, then
0:17:05 > 0:17:10that should be an option, not something ruled out because of some
0:17:10 > 0:17:15phoney jingoistic posturing by the Foreign Secretary. So we will want
0:17:15 > 0:17:21to remain a part of some industries like the one that regulates nuclear
0:17:21 > 0:17:25materials, and crucially in health sectors. And programmes like you
0:17:25 > 0:17:32Rasmus, from which this university benefits greatly. The students from
0:17:32 > 0:17:35Europe studying in Britain and students from Britain studying in
0:17:35 > 0:17:40Europe Ben the lives of students on both sides of the Channel and both
0:17:40 > 0:17:43sides of the continent. It serves the interests of young people all
0:17:43 > 0:17:47across Europe to maintain membership of that programme. We are leaving
0:17:47 > 0:17:51the EU but we are still working with European partners in the economic
0:17:51 > 0:17:58interests of this country. When 44 % of our imports are to EU countries
0:17:58 > 0:18:05and 50% of our imports come from EU it is in both our interests for that
0:18:05 > 0:18:10trade to remain tariff free. It would damage businesses that export
0:18:10 > 0:18:14to Europe and the jobs that depend on those exports for there to be the
0:18:14 > 0:18:21additional costs of tariffs. And it would damage consumers here, already
0:18:21 > 0:18:27failed by a stagnant wages and rapidly rising housing costs. So, we
0:18:27 > 0:18:33will remain close to the EU - that's obvious - every country, whether
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Turkey, Switzerland or Norway that is geographically close to the EU
0:18:36 > 0:18:39without being an EU member state has some sort of close relationship with
0:18:39 > 0:18:45the EU. Some are more advantageous than others and Britain will need a
0:18:45 > 0:18:51bespoke negotiated relationship of its own. During the transition
0:18:51 > 0:18:54period, which was proposed by Labour in the first place, Labour would
0:18:54 > 0:19:01seek to remain in a customs union with the EU and within the single
0:19:01 > 0:19:05market. That means we would abide by the existing rules of both during
0:19:05 > 0:19:11transition. Buses so the Government, businesses and workers only have to
0:19:11 > 0:19:17make one adjustment from the current situation to the final terms. Labour
0:19:17 > 0:19:23spelt out the need for a stable transition period last summer. Both
0:19:23 > 0:19:26the TUC and the CBI agree on that. We thought the Government had
0:19:26 > 0:19:31accepted that case but they now seem to be very surprisingly in disarray
0:19:31 > 0:19:38on this issue, yet again. Time after time with this government anything
0:19:38 > 0:19:40agreed at breakfast is being breached against by lunch and
0:19:40 > 0:19:50abandoned by tea-time. Disarray is, it seems, the new strong and stable.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54And the Government's model and division risk costly adjustments for
0:19:54 > 0:19:56both government and businesses from the current terms to the
0:19:56 > 0:20:02transitional terms and then again to the final terms. Labour would seek a
0:20:02 > 0:20:06final deal that gives full access to European markets and maintains the
0:20:06 > 0:20:11benefits of the single market and the customs union, as the Brexit
0:20:11 > 0:20:16secretary David Davis promised in the House of Commons, with no new
0:20:16 > 0:20:19impediments to trade and no reductions in standards of
0:20:19 > 0:20:23protection is. We have long argued that a customs union is a viable
0:20:23 > 0:20:30option for the final deal, so Labour would negotiate a new, comprehensive
0:20:30 > 0:20:35UK/ EU customs union to ensure there are no tariffs with Europe and to
0:20:35 > 0:20:38help avoid any need whatsoever for a hard border in northern Ireland's.
0:20:38 > 0:20:47APPLAUSE But we are also clear that the
0:20:47 > 0:20:51option of a new UK Customs union with the EU would need to ensure
0:20:51 > 0:20:57that the UK has a say in future trade deals. New customs arrangement
0:20:57 > 0:21:02would depend on Britain being able to negotiate agreement for new trade
0:21:02 > 0:21:05deals in our national interest. Labour would not countenance a deal
0:21:05 > 0:21:09that left Britain as a passive recipient of rules decided elsewhere
0:21:09 > 0:21:17by others, that would mean ending up as a mere rule take. In contrast,
0:21:17 > 0:21:21the Conservative Government has moved from saying it wanted trade
0:21:21 > 0:21:25with EU after Brexit to be tariff free to saying they wanted to be as
0:21:25 > 0:21:30tariff free as possible, quite a significant change, in which sectors
0:21:30 > 0:21:33of the economy and industry does the government think it would be
0:21:33 > 0:21:38acceptable for there to be tariffs? They should let us know. Like with
0:21:38 > 0:21:41so much else, they have not spelt that out, 20 months after the
0:21:41 > 0:21:46referendum. That is the consequence of ruling out the option of the
0:21:46 > 0:21:51customs union, a customs union, which the Government has done. So I
0:21:51 > 0:21:55appeal to MPs of all parties - be prepared to put the people's
0:21:55 > 0:21:59interests before the ideological fantasies, to join us in supporting
0:21:59 > 0:22:04the option of a new UK customs union with the EU that would give us a say
0:22:04 > 0:22:09in future trade deals. Labour respect the result of the referendum
0:22:09 > 0:22:13and is leaving the EU but we will not support any Tory deal that would
0:22:13 > 0:22:21do lasting damage to jobs, rights and living standards. Some seem very
0:22:21 > 0:22:25keen on downgrading our trading links with Europe but we do not
0:22:25 > 0:22:29believe that deals with the US or China would be likely to compensate
0:22:29 > 0:22:34for a significant loss of trade with our neighbours in the European Union
0:22:34 > 0:22:41and the Government's only cut assessments show exactly that. Both
0:22:41 > 0:22:46the United States and China have much weaker standards and
0:22:46 > 0:22:50regulations. Those deals would risk dragging Britain into a race to the
0:22:50 > 0:22:58bottom on vital protections and our rights at work. Environment,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01consumer and rights at work are pretty central to everything the
0:23:01 > 0:23:09Labour Party believes in. And let me make this clear - we implacably
0:23:09 > 0:23:13oppose our National Health Service, or any other public services, being
0:23:13 > 0:23:20part of a trade deal with Trump's America or a revived Transatlantic
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Trade and Investment Partnership style deal with the EU, which would
0:23:23 > 0:23:29open the door to a flood of further privatisation of public services and
0:23:29 > 0:23:37our National Health Service. APPLAUSE
0:23:37 > 0:23:42And we're not prepared to ask the British public to eat chlorinated
0:23:42 > 0:23:47chicken and lower the standards of British farming. We would ensure
0:23:47 > 0:23:51there will be no reduction in rights, standards or protections
0:23:51 > 0:23:56and, instead, seek to extend them. A deregulatory race to the bottom
0:23:56 > 0:24:00would damage people's jobs and living standards and Labour would
0:24:00 > 0:24:04negotiate a new and strong relationship with the single market
0:24:04 > 0:24:11that includes full tariff free access and a floor under existing
0:24:11 > 0:24:16rights, standards and protections. That new relationship would need to
0:24:16 > 0:24:20ensure we could deliver our ambitious economic programme, to
0:24:20 > 0:24:26take essential steps to intervene, of grade and transform our economy,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29to build an economy for the 21st century that works for the many, not
0:24:29 > 0:24:37just the few. Labour has set out how we would create a national
0:24:37 > 0:24:41investment bank to drive investment in every community, through a
0:24:41 > 0:24:48network of Regional Development Banks, so that every area has an
0:24:48 > 0:24:52industrial strategy based on investment in a high skill, high
0:24:52 > 0:24:59wage, high productivity economy and through our 500 billion national
0:24:59 > 0:25:03transformation fund, we would invest in a decade-long programme of
0:25:03 > 0:25:07renewal so that Britain has the infrastructure that matches, if not
0:25:07 > 0:25:13exceeds, that of major economies elsewhere. In our transport
0:25:13 > 0:25:16networks, our energy markets and our digital infrastructure, too often
0:25:16 > 0:25:22Britain lags well behind so we'd also seek to negotiate protections,
0:25:22 > 0:25:27clarifications or exemptions where necessary in relation to
0:25:27 > 0:25:31privatisation and public service competition directives. State aid
0:25:31 > 0:25:39and procurement rules and the Posted Workers Directive. We can not be
0:25:39 > 0:25:43held back from taking the steps we need to support cutting-edge
0:25:43 > 0:25:51industries and local businesses and stop the tide of privatisation and
0:25:51 > 0:25:58outsourcing, or from preventing employers being able to import cheap
0:25:58 > 0:26:01agency labour to undercut existing pay and conditions and result in
0:26:01 > 0:26:07grotesque levels of exploitation of vulnerable workers and loss of jobs
0:26:07 > 0:26:11to others, and huge profits to the employer in the middle of that. We
0:26:11 > 0:26:18would deal with that. APPLAUSE
0:26:18 > 0:26:25It was alarming that after the Brexit vote there was a clear rise
0:26:25 > 0:26:30in xenophobic and racist attacks on our streets. The referendum campaign
0:26:30 > 0:26:35was divisive and some politicians on the Leave side whipped up fears and
0:26:35 > 0:26:41division in order to further their cause, that built on the shameful
0:26:41 > 0:26:45vans telling immigrants to go home that the then Home Secretary
0:26:45 > 0:26:50instructed to trundle around the country, stirring division. I
0:26:50 > 0:26:54remember just after the referendum result receiving a text from a young
0:26:54 > 0:26:57person in my constituency who had been subjected to abuse in the
0:26:57 > 0:27:01street for the first time, the first time in his life he'd been abused
0:27:01 > 0:27:08for what he is, and he was very afraid. Our immigration system will
0:27:08 > 0:27:12change and freedom of room at will, as a statement of fact, end when we
0:27:12 > 0:27:20leave the EU, but we have also said that in the trade negotiations our
0:27:20 > 0:27:23priorities are growth, jobs and people's living standards. We make
0:27:23 > 0:27:29no apologies for putting those aims before bogus immigration targets.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Labour would design our immigration policy around the needs of the
0:27:32 > 0:27:39economy, based on fair rules and the reasonable management of migration.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43Every industry needs workers stepped is a skill shortage in Britain and
0:27:43 > 0:27:45our National Health Service is already suffering because large
0:27:45 > 0:27:49numbers of EU staff have gone home because they're frightened of the
0:27:49 > 0:27:54future in Britain. We want to turn that around. They're welcome to
0:27:54 > 0:27:59stay, welcome to work here and we need their skills and dedication to
0:27:59 > 0:28:01public service and under Labour we will make sure that happens.
0:28:01 > 0:28:08APPLAUSE We would not do what this Government
0:28:08 > 0:28:12is doing and start from rigid red lines then work out what that means
0:28:12 > 0:28:18the economy afterwards. Is Diane Abbott, our shadow home secretary,
0:28:18 > 0:28:22set out last week we do not begin with how do we reduce immigration
0:28:22 > 0:28:27and to hell with the consequences? These are Tory policies and Tory
0:28:27 > 0:28:30values. Part of the reason why net migration has been relatively high
0:28:30 > 0:28:35in recent years is because of the skills shortage in the UK labour
0:28:35 > 0:28:40market. At the general election Labour set out plans to invest in a
0:28:40 > 0:28:45national education service with free College university trading places to
0:28:45 > 0:28:52tackle those shortages and not drive young people into debt just because
0:28:52 > 0:28:55they want to get a university education. But people...
0:28:55 > 0:29:01APPLAUSE People also feel frustrated when
0:29:01 > 0:29:06they are denied opportunities to retrain or improve their skills and
0:29:06 > 0:29:10employers instead import skilled labour from elsewhere. We will also
0:29:10 > 0:29:14restore free English as a second language courses so that people who
0:29:14 > 0:29:18come here, whether as migrants or refugees, can learn English and
0:29:18 > 0:29:23fully participate in their communities and workplaces. We also
0:29:23 > 0:29:26set out how we would tighten our labour market regulations and
0:29:26 > 0:29:30strengthen trade union rights to tackle the insecurity and
0:29:30 > 0:29:35exploitation of all workers. When migrant workers come to Britain they
0:29:35 > 0:29:38must not be exploited or used to undercut or suppress better working
0:29:38 > 0:29:43conditions or higher pay. Those issues can only be tackled by
0:29:43 > 0:29:49stronger employment law, to stop employers being able to import cheap
0:29:49 > 0:29:54agency labour to undercut existing pay and conditions, co-operative
0:29:54 > 0:29:57agreements and sectoral bargaining must become the norm. Labour stands
0:29:57 > 0:30:06for the rate for the job, not a race to the bottom.
0:30:06 > 0:30:13But let's also be clear, it is not migrants that drive down wages, it
0:30:13 > 0:30:17is bad employers that cut pay and bad governments that allow workers
0:30:17 > 0:30:23to be divided and undermined and they want unions to be weak and
0:30:23 > 0:30:28passive. We will strengthen our employment law, invest in the skills
0:30:28 > 0:30:33of workers in Britain so they can progress. And we will oppose all
0:30:33 > 0:30:36those who instead of seeking to solve problems seek to scapegoat
0:30:36 > 0:30:42instead. The demolition of the last Labour government completed the
0:30:42 > 0:30:46peace process in Northern Ireland which we must cherish. The Good
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Friday Agreement was a great achievement and I pay tribute to the
0:30:49 > 0:30:53work done by the Prime Minister Tony Blair at the time, Mo Mowlam and
0:30:53 > 0:30:57many others who worked so hard on all sides in Northern Ireland to
0:30:57 > 0:31:02secure that agreement. We must continue to support the restoration
0:31:02 > 0:31:06of the Northern Ireland assembly and to ensure we maintain the situation
0:31:06 > 0:31:11of no hard border in Northern Ireland. The previous Labour
0:31:11 > 0:31:14government also brought power is close to home in Scotland and Wales,
0:31:14 > 0:31:19establishing the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh assembly. And so
0:31:19 > 0:31:23Labour believes that powers over devolved policy areas currently
0:31:23 > 0:31:27exercised by the EU should go directly to the relevant body
0:31:27 > 0:31:34devolved after Brexit. That power is closer to the people. That is the
0:31:34 > 0:31:37same principle that informs the regional development banks that the
0:31:37 > 0:31:42next Labour government will deliver. The Constitution of the Labour Party
0:31:42 > 0:31:50includes a commitment to support the United Nations, a promise, and I
0:31:50 > 0:31:55quote, to secure peace, freedom, democracy, economic security and
0:31:55 > 0:31:59environmental protection for all. Some want to use Brexit to turn
0:31:59 > 0:32:07Britain on itself, seeing everyone is a fierce competitor. Others want
0:32:07 > 0:32:15to use Brexit to put rocket boosters under our current economic systems,
0:32:15 > 0:32:17insecurities and inequalities, turning Britain into a deregulated
0:32:17 > 0:32:22corporate tax haven with low wages, limited rights and cut-price public
0:32:22 > 0:32:27services in what would be a destructive race to the bottom.
0:32:27 > 0:32:34Labour stands for a completely different future. Drawing on the
0:32:34 > 0:32:37best internationalist traditions of the labour movement and this country
0:32:37 > 0:32:41we want to see close cooperative relations with our European
0:32:41 > 0:32:47neighbours outside the EU, based on our values of internationalism,
0:32:47 > 0:32:51solidarity and equality, as well as mutual benefit and fair trade. We
0:32:51 > 0:32:56are proud that Britain was an original signatory of the European
0:32:56 > 0:33:01Convention of human rights in 1948 and in 1998 Labour's Human Rights
0:33:01 > 0:33:07Act enshrined that in law. So Labour will continue to work with other
0:33:07 > 0:33:11European allies, including through the Council of Europe, to ensure our
0:33:11 > 0:33:15country and others uphold our international obligations. We must
0:33:15 > 0:33:21work with other countries to advance the cause of human rights, to
0:33:21 > 0:33:25confront the four greatest interconnected threats facing our
0:33:25 > 0:33:32common humanity. First, the growing concentration of unaccountable
0:33:32 > 0:33:39wealth and power in the hands of a tiny global, corporate elite. We
0:33:39 > 0:33:45must challenge that, working with our European neighbours to stop
0:33:45 > 0:33:50those who play one country off against another, or those who hide
0:33:50 > 0:33:54their wealth offshore in order to avoid paying their dues to fund the
0:33:54 > 0:33:57public services that they all use at some point in their lives.
0:33:57 > 0:34:06APPLAUSE The second, climate change, which is
0:34:06 > 0:34:10creating instability and fuelling conflict across the world and
0:34:10 > 0:34:15threatening all our futures. No matter how much we informed them,
0:34:15 > 0:34:22they stubbornly, pollution refuses to respect national borders. We can
0:34:22 > 0:34:28only tackle climate change, pollution and environmental
0:34:28 > 0:34:32degradation by working together and many of our closest allies in that
0:34:32 > 0:34:36struggle are in Europe. The Green Alliance estimates trade in low
0:34:36 > 0:34:42carbon goods and services contributed over 42 billion to the
0:34:42 > 0:34:47economy from 2015. The UK low carbon and renewable energy sector was
0:34:47 > 0:34:51expecting to increase fivefold by 2030, potentially bringing 2 million
0:34:51 > 0:34:57jobs and contributing more than 8% to the UK's national output. But
0:34:57 > 0:35:01that needs us to maintain our standards and ensure barrier free
0:35:01 > 0:35:07trade and low carbon goods. Those include eco-design and energy
0:35:07 > 0:35:13labelling standards, greenhouse gas emission standards for vehicles and
0:35:13 > 0:35:17internal energy market construction product standards, chemical
0:35:17 > 0:35:21regulation and nuclear safety and safeguards. So the importance of
0:35:21 > 0:35:25getting our Brexit settlement right is vital in this area, both in terms
0:35:25 > 0:35:30of Britain's industrial role in reducing climate change, and in
0:35:30 > 0:35:36terms of protecting jobs and industry. Thirdly, there are
0:35:36 > 0:35:40unprecedented numbers of people fleeing conflict, persecution, human
0:35:40 > 0:35:45rights abuses, social breakdown and climate disaster. The global refugee
0:35:45 > 0:35:53crisis is huge and there are 65 million refugees across the world,
0:35:53 > 0:35:58that is the equivalent of the entire population of Britain. That crisis
0:35:58 > 0:36:03is a challenge, much of which is on the borders of Europe. That
0:36:03 > 0:36:09challenge can be met by coordinating with neighbours, both to crack down
0:36:09 > 0:36:13on people smugglers who put men, women and children at sea in
0:36:13 > 0:36:21unseaworthy vessels, as too many desperate people are drowning in
0:36:21 > 0:36:26pursuit of sanctuary. These are people who are simply seeking refuge
0:36:26 > 0:36:32from cruelty and suffering. I want to make a contribution, but for
0:36:32 > 0:36:38accident of birth could be any of us. Let's have the hand of humanity
0:36:38 > 0:36:42to refugees around the world and not blame them for the problems they
0:36:42 > 0:36:46fleeing from. APPLAUSE
0:36:46 > 0:36:54And I pay tribute to the role the Royal Navy has played in their
0:36:54 > 0:36:56contribution in the Mediterranean in saving lives and blocking people
0:36:56 > 0:37:02from danger in the sea. Finally, I want to address
0:37:02 > 0:37:07unilateral military intervention rather than diplomacy to resolve
0:37:07 > 0:37:12disputes. Let's learn the lessons of Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan and
0:37:12 > 0:37:15declare we will not take our country down the road of regime change was
0:37:15 > 0:37:26again, the real issue is persecution and inequality and we will continue
0:37:26 > 0:37:33to play a role in partnership with the EU in that effect. We live in a
0:37:33 > 0:37:37globalised world, the lives we lead our dependence on the work of others
0:37:37 > 0:37:42and our trade with those from around the world. Many of us have friends
0:37:42 > 0:37:45and family that are from or who lived in many other parts of the
0:37:45 > 0:37:51world. In contrast the Prime Minister has said if you believe you
0:37:51 > 0:37:56are a citizen of the world, you are a citizen of nowhere. We believe in
0:37:56 > 0:38:04fact that we can only achieve what we want to citizens of Britain but
0:38:04 > 0:38:06also recognising we are citizens of the world.
0:38:06 > 0:38:18APPLAUSE I have long opposed embedding a
0:38:18 > 0:38:21free-market orthodoxy and the democratic deficit in the European
0:38:21 > 0:38:29Union. That is why I campaigned to remain and reform in the referendum.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33Scepticism is healthy, especially when dealing with politicians, and
0:38:33 > 0:38:39there are plenty of them here today. All the received wisdom of the
0:38:39 > 0:38:42political and media establishment, and there are plenty of us here
0:38:42 > 0:38:45today, but often the term Eurosceptic in reality became
0:38:45 > 0:38:54synonymous with anti-European. I am not anti-European atoll. I want to
0:38:54 > 0:38:56see close, progressive cooperation with the whole of Europe after
0:38:56 > 0:39:03Brexit. Labour is the party of the new common-sense on the economy, on
0:39:03 > 0:39:08public services and on Brexit, the only party which recognises the
0:39:08 > 0:39:13world has changed these last ten years and we cannot continue with
0:39:13 > 0:39:18widening inequality, deregulation of industry and privatisation of public
0:39:18 > 0:39:24services. We are in a country where Tory run councils are collapsing
0:39:24 > 0:39:30because of cuts. Homeless people are dying on the streets in the shadow
0:39:30 > 0:39:35of Parliament. Good jobs are being lost because we have got a
0:39:35 > 0:39:41government that will not get a grip on the casino economy. In or out of
0:39:41 > 0:39:45the European Union we have to deal with that reality, the reality of
0:39:45 > 0:39:55market failure and of austerity. The free market has not worked in the
0:39:55 > 0:40:00banking sector, it has not worked in the water industry or in energy or
0:40:00 > 0:40:05utilities, and it has crashed in outsourcing. It has failed our
0:40:05 > 0:40:07fragmented railways and it has led to a labour market where abuse is
0:40:07 > 0:40:14right. The European Union is not the root of all our problems and leaving
0:40:14 > 0:40:19it will not solve all our problems. Likewise, the EU is not the source
0:40:19 > 0:40:23of all enlightenment and leaving it does not inevitably spell doom.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27There will be some who will say Brexit is a disaster for this
0:40:27 > 0:40:32country and some who will say that Brexit will create a land of milk
0:40:32 > 0:40:37and honey. But Brexit is in our hands, it is what we make of it
0:40:37 > 0:40:41together, the priorities and choices we make in negotiations. The
0:40:41 > 0:40:45Conservative government is damaging our country and their priorities for
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Brexit risk increasing and exacerbating that damage. But I also
0:40:49 > 0:40:55know what a Labour government could do for this country and our
0:40:55 > 0:40:58priorities for the Brexit negotiations are the right ones, to
0:40:58 > 0:41:03create a country that works, that really does work, for the many and
0:41:03 > 0:41:16not the few. Thank you very much. APPLAUSE
0:41:38 > 0:41:42We have got time for questions.We will do them in groups and we should
0:41:42 > 0:41:48have some roving microphones. The gentleman with the blue tie and the
0:41:48 > 0:41:59glasses.Channel 4 News. If he went into a customs agreement, the say
0:41:59 > 0:42:04you have made a speech right to be heard, not a right to a vote or a
0:42:04 > 0:42:15veto. Would you live with that? Excuse me?Is it the microphone? If
0:42:15 > 0:42:19you go into a customs agreement you might just have a right to be heard,
0:42:19 > 0:42:24not a right to a vote or a veto on any trade agreement the EU might
0:42:24 > 0:42:28have. Could you live with that? You pointed out it has been 20 months
0:42:28 > 0:42:33since the referendum and you said the Tories have been playing
0:42:33 > 0:42:38politics. Why have you suddenly now come round to the idea of a customs
0:42:38 > 0:42:41agreement? Some people might think you have got a political game on
0:42:41 > 0:42:53your mind.The lady with a blue dress on just a bit further along.
0:42:53 > 0:43:00From the Guardian. A QC has pointed out this morning that a number of
0:43:00 > 0:43:03European countries spend more on state aid per head than the UK does
0:43:03 > 0:43:07and also that Scandinavian style economies are possible within the
0:43:07 > 0:43:12single market because they exist. What specific labour policies do you
0:43:12 > 0:43:15hope to implement that you believe requires an exemption from those
0:43:15 > 0:43:21single market rules?The gentleman with the blue tie and the lovely
0:43:21 > 0:43:31blue jumper.Nick Watt, BBC Newsnight. It is often said that
0:43:31 > 0:43:36because we do not see you at the set piece interventions on Brexit very
0:43:36 > 0:43:41often that you are keen for Theresa May to own Brexit's success or
0:43:41 > 0:43:45failure and yet in the last week you raised at Prime Minister's questions
0:43:45 > 0:43:51and here we are today. I am wondering, do you see an opportunity
0:43:51 > 0:44:00to shape Brexit or an opportunity to ship out Theresa May?
0:44:00 > 0:44:09I love your blue sweater. It is very nice. We have a team... I know it is
0:44:09 > 0:44:13a bit of a difficult concept for the Tory party to understand, we
0:44:13 > 0:44:17actually have a team. It is called the Shadow Cabinet and our Brexit
0:44:17 > 0:44:21negotiating team and we have travelled far and wide. I have
0:44:21 > 0:44:24travelled over many parts of Europe, I have maintained a very close
0:44:24 > 0:44:31relationship with colleagues and developed that understanding because
0:44:31 > 0:44:37we want an alliance with them in the future. I think I have attended more
0:44:37 > 0:44:39meetings of party European socialist than only Labour leader in the past
0:44:39 > 0:44:45and our team is part of that. I did raise these matters with the Prime
0:44:45 > 0:44:49Minister at question time last week and you would have heard all of that
0:44:49 > 0:44:55and we will continue making these interventions. Listen, it was only
0:44:55 > 0:45:00two weeks or so after the referendum in 2016 that Andy Burnham, who was
0:45:00 > 0:45:03then our shadow home secretary before he went on to become the
0:45:03 > 0:45:10mayor of Greater Manchester, proposed an amendment to Parliament,
0:45:10 > 0:45:12a resolution to Parliament, which would guarantee EU citizens the
0:45:12 > 0:45:16right of residence in Britain. We're been on this from the very beginning
0:45:16 > 0:45:19of trying to deal with the consequences of the decision the
0:45:19 > 0:45:28British people and to us. On the points that the journalist from the
0:45:28 > 0:45:32guardian raised, the issues are of competition rules and the issues are
0:45:32 > 0:45:40of the rules on state aid and, for example, the nationalisation of RBS,
0:45:40 > 0:45:43in order to accommodate European rules, was accompanied by the
0:45:43 > 0:45:48selling off of some of the best parts of RBS and the public was left
0:45:48 > 0:45:57with the remainder. Royal Mail is unnatural delivery, it is a natural
0:45:57 > 0:46:02monopoly. I do not accept the idea there has to be competition in mail
0:46:02 > 0:46:07delivery. After all, we all only have one letter box and it is much
0:46:07 > 0:46:10more efficient to have one mail delivery person coming down the
0:46:10 > 0:46:13street than three or four from different companies. On the idea you
0:46:13 > 0:46:16have competition in water supplier is a little odd when only one water
0:46:16 > 0:46:22by constantly channels. So the idea that the competition rules work for
0:46:22 > 0:46:25the benefit of all, we do not believe to be the case and we set
0:46:25 > 0:46:29out very clearly in our manifesto, which received a huge degree of
0:46:29 > 0:46:32support, was public ownership of water and mail and of train
0:46:32 > 0:46:40operating companies. On the point raised by Channel 4, I set it out in
0:46:40 > 0:46:45the speech, what we want to achieve, and what we want to achieve is our
0:46:45 > 0:46:50right to be able to negotiate and consult at the same time with the
0:46:50 > 0:46:55European Union on the sort of trade agreements we make and also to
0:46:55 > 0:46:59influence them on the sort of trade deals that are made with the rest of
0:46:59 > 0:47:03the world. For example, EU trade agreement at the moment have a human
0:47:03 > 0:47:06rights clause, very seldom enforced, and they also have what I hoped
0:47:06 > 0:47:15would be much stronger clauses on workers' rights and opportunities in
0:47:15 > 0:47:17third World countries or non-European countries from which
0:47:17 > 0:47:21goods are imported. I would want to see those things stronger and Labour
0:47:21 > 0:47:25government would be committed to making those things stronger. Does
0:47:25 > 0:47:29that mean we have to be passive takers? No. We are a large economy,
0:47:29 > 0:47:34an important part of the world trade system and we would obviously
0:47:34 > 0:47:37negotiate to achieve that. Barry has set this out very clearly in many
0:47:37 > 0:47:45debates in Parliament.What took you so long... Some might say you're
0:47:45 > 0:47:49playing politics die with this issue.That is a really strange
0:47:49 > 0:47:53question because I, as you know, spend a lot of time travelling
0:47:53 > 0:47:56around the country doing campaigning meetings. The issues surrounding
0:47:56 > 0:48:00Brexit, Paul the time and we thought it would be helpful if, as the
0:48:00 > 0:48:04second stage of negotiations is beginning, we set out our views here
0:48:04 > 0:48:10today which is exactly what we're doing, and thank you coming along.
0:48:10 > 0:48:18Any more questions? We have a lady in a blue dress to talkYou
0:48:18 > 0:48:23mentioned about the automotive industry in commentary. Jaguar Land
0:48:23 > 0:48:26Rover said they would suffer dire consequences from the impact of
0:48:26 > 0:48:30Brexit and thousands having to pay for it with their jobs. First of
0:48:30 > 0:48:34all, what do you say to that and secondly, would your plan reassure
0:48:34 > 0:48:41them of those fears?The gentleman behind with the fetching scarf on.
0:48:41 > 0:48:46Thank you. Mr Corbyn, you talked about the need to maintain a soft
0:48:46 > 0:48:49border in Northern Ireland. You admitted that staying in the customs
0:48:49 > 0:48:53union would only help that aim. The EU have said repeatedly that the
0:48:53 > 0:48:57only way to guarantee that there was not a hard border is to stay in the
0:48:57 > 0:49:01single market to talk if it comes down to it and it does prove to be
0:49:01 > 0:49:04the case, you are saying they are wrong on that old Ugandans leaving
0:49:04 > 0:49:08on the table the option of staying in the single market?And a
0:49:08 > 0:49:16gentleman just a little bit further back with the trendy beards.Charlie
0:49:16 > 0:49:21Cooper. There was a new campaign group formed a few months ago called
0:49:21 > 0:49:25Our Future, Our Choice, a youth campaign group and their main
0:49:25 > 0:49:30purpose is to persuade you, Mr Corbyn, to back a second referendum
0:49:30 > 0:49:33on EU membership. You believe in the power of grassroots campaigns to
0:49:33 > 0:49:36change minds. Is there any chance they could ever change your mind on
0:49:36 > 0:49:44this?On the question of jobs here in commentary, yes, Coventry is a
0:49:44 > 0:49:50manufacturing centre, is a research centre, and it is part of the whole
0:49:50 > 0:49:53West Midlands industrial strength and, clearly, that relies very
0:49:53 > 0:49:59heavily on trade with Europe, as this university relies on overseas
0:49:59 > 0:50:03students, not just from Europe but from all over, and I want to visit
0:50:03 > 0:50:08protect those jobs and to ensure that the universities can carry on
0:50:08 > 0:50:12recruiting large numbers of overseas students but likewise, I also want
0:50:12 > 0:50:16to make sure that UK students don't go into debt in order to get an
0:50:16 > 0:50:22education. So our proposals here are that we have the effect of trading
0:50:22 > 0:50:25relationship with Europe and I think what we've said here today ought to
0:50:25 > 0:50:30be good news for the people in commentary and in the West Midlands.
0:50:30 > 0:50:38On the question of the border with Northern Ireland, we are very, very
0:50:38 > 0:50:44clear that the Good Friday Agreement was a huge, enormous step forward,
0:50:44 > 0:50:47in which both traditions in Northern Ireland and across the island of
0:50:47 > 0:50:51Ireland were respected, and that historical movement came because of
0:50:51 > 0:50:56very brave people being prepared to talk and negotiate about it. Nobody
0:50:56 > 0:51:01wants to lose that and, indeed, every meeting I've been to in
0:51:01 > 0:51:03Brussels or anywhere else, the Northern Ireland border issue does
0:51:03 > 0:51:08come up. That means there has to be a customs union that guarantees
0:51:08 > 0:51:13there is no hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern
0:51:13 > 0:51:16Ireland and that is our priority. We have made that very, very clear time
0:51:16 > 0:51:23and time again. On the question of a decision on the outcome, what we've
0:51:23 > 0:51:28pushed for is a number of red lines in the House of Commons, one of
0:51:28 > 0:51:32which is the point is that Keir Starmer has made many, many times
0:51:32 > 0:51:35that there should be a meaningful vote in parliament on the final
0:51:35 > 0:51:41deal, as indeed there will be a decision made by the 27 member
0:51:41 > 0:51:44states in the European Union, plus the European Parliament, so there is
0:51:44 > 0:51:49an awful lot of discussion and negotiation to go on. We're not
0:51:49 > 0:51:52doing the negotiations but we are setting out what we would do if we
0:51:52 > 0:51:57were in office and the priorities we would make. We are not proposing a
0:51:57 > 0:52:02second referendum. What we are proposing is the final meaningful
0:52:02 > 0:52:06vote in parliament.Let's makes it up a bit now. Have we got any
0:52:06 > 0:52:11non-journalists who want to ask Jeremy question? The lady with the
0:52:11 > 0:52:21blonde hair, second row.Please... I want to say, please will you hurry
0:52:21 > 0:52:31up and be our Prime Minister? CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:52:31 > 0:52:36We've got time for another two questions. The gentleman with a blue
0:52:36 > 0:52:43shirt, sat a couple of rows back, he is standing up there.Mr Corbyn,
0:52:43 > 0:52:50following on from that... With this new shift in politics, is it your
0:52:50 > 0:52:57hope, your intention, that Labour MPs will now be able to join with
0:52:57 > 0:53:01Conservative rebels, defeat the Government in Parliament and maybe
0:53:01 > 0:53:09precipitate an election?One more before we go home. I will go for
0:53:09 > 0:53:12this site, the gentleman with the coat on and the glasses and the
0:53:12 > 0:53:22beards.Thank you very much. And issue up and down the country, the
0:53:22 > 0:53:26police shortage in the streets. Certainly, my ward, which I
0:53:26 > 0:53:36represent, there has been meetings with... Up and down the country,
0:53:36 > 0:53:39police are starved of resources. Is there any possibility Labour
0:53:39 > 0:53:42government could look into it and make sure there is adequate policing
0:53:42 > 0:53:47on the street and there are no vigilantes on the streets?Thanks
0:53:47 > 0:53:52for the last question. We are pledged to increase police numbers
0:53:52 > 0:53:56by 10000 and put 10,000 more police officers there. I was with David
0:53:56 > 0:54:01Jamieson on Saturday in Stourbridge, who is the Police and Crime
0:54:01 > 0:54:05Commissioner, and was talking to police officers and community there.
0:54:05 > 0:54:10They are losing their PCSOs, other parts of the country are as well.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Server sense of community corporation between the police and
0:54:13 > 0:54:19local citizens is lost and the police only then come in when there
0:54:19 > 0:54:23is a dire emergency or a major crime. That is not a good way
0:54:23 > 0:54:28forward. If we are to deal with issues of anti-social behaviour, of
0:54:28 > 0:54:32low-level abuse, higher-level abuse, knife crime, really serious issues
0:54:32 > 0:54:37like that, you don't achieve it by reducing police numbers. You can't
0:54:37 > 0:54:42solve it all on a computer in a desk somewhere. It is only sold by PCSOs
0:54:42 > 0:54:47who understand the communities and out the streets. I was in Great
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Yarmouth last week and I spent a while talking to two local police
0:54:50 > 0:54:54officers who had both been on the same area for ten years. They knew
0:54:54 > 0:54:58everybody in the community, they knew all the strains and stresses
0:54:58 > 0:55:01and they were able to relate to that community and the community related
0:55:01 > 0:55:08to them, so they could help. And the points everybody makes all the time
0:55:08 > 0:55:13is, if you cut police numbers, you close youth clubs, you dismiss youth
0:55:13 > 0:55:17workers, you reduce the availability of community centres, recreational
0:55:17 > 0:55:21facilities, sports facilities and everything else, is it very
0:55:21 > 0:55:24surprising you end up with more and more anti-social behaviour and more
0:55:24 > 0:55:29and more levels of crime? We are saying this is a false economy to
0:55:29 > 0:55:33cut police numbers and PCSO numbers. What we would do is invest in the
0:55:33 > 0:55:37community infrastructure provided by youth workers and community centres
0:55:37 > 0:55:40and all those. That's why we are fighting the local election and
0:55:40 > 0:55:46that's why austerities is so wrong. APPLAUSE
0:55:46 > 0:55:49Andy, thanks to your question. We are putting our views to Parliament.
0:55:49 > 0:55:56We are not in a majority. We have the result we got on the general
0:55:56 > 0:56:01election and we are determined to win the next general election,
0:56:01 > 0:56:05whenever that comes. We're fighting to protect jobs, to protect living
0:56:05 > 0:56:08standards, consumer rights, environmental living standards and,
0:56:08 > 0:56:13above all, the rights that people have at work. I've tried to set out
0:56:13 > 0:56:17what I believe to be a more global view of our place in the world than
0:56:17 > 0:56:21that which the Tories do. There is no future in turning this country
0:56:21 > 0:56:24into some sort of xenophobic offshore island badger sees
0:56:24 > 0:56:32everybody as a threat or a rival. No, we are a global, -- open,
0:56:32 > 0:56:35multicultural, multilingual society. Let's be proud of that, proud of
0:56:35 > 0:56:40what we have achieved. Let's say to people in every part of the country,
0:56:40 > 0:56:45a Labour government will not let your industries disappear and be
0:56:45 > 0:56:48replaced by nothing other than short-term insecure zero hours
0:56:48 > 0:56:54contract type work. We are serious, very serious, about investing in
0:56:54 > 0:56:59every community in the country. Surely the political class should
0:56:59 > 0:57:05learn a lesson from the results of the referendum, that sense of anger,
0:57:05 > 0:57:09anger, at left behind communities anywhere in Britain. We would not
0:57:09 > 0:57:13walk by on the other side and let towns and cities die for the lack of
0:57:13 > 0:57:18investment. It is our duty to achieve something very different and
0:57:18 > 0:57:22better and, yes, we're campaigning very hard all over the country to
0:57:22 > 0:57:24win the local elections and then a general election when it comes and
0:57:24 > 0:57:29so you will get a Labour government that way. Is that OK?
0:57:29 > 0:57:31APPLAUSE