:01:52. > :01:57.Theresa May has a clear plan for Brexit and for a better future for
:01:58. > :02:00.our country. She has the strength and ability needed to see that plan
:02:01. > :02:02.through. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Prime Minister,
:02:03. > :02:36.Theresa May. Thank you very much. Today, as we
:02:37. > :02:41.face this critical election for our country am I launched my manifesto
:02:42. > :02:49.for Britain's future. A manifesto to see us through Brexit and beyond. A
:02:50. > :02:53.plan for a stronger, fairer, more prosperous Britain. They plan to
:02:54. > :02:58.seize the opportunities ahead. And to build a country that our children
:02:59. > :03:07.and grandchildren are proud to call home. It is a detailed programme for
:03:08. > :03:12.government. Rooted in the hopes and aspirations of ordinary working
:03:13. > :03:17.people across the land. But it is more than that. It is a vision for
:03:18. > :03:21.Britain. A portrait of the kind of country I want this nation to be
:03:22. > :03:28.after Brexit. As we chart our own way in the world. For at this
:03:29. > :03:33.defining moment for the United Kingdom, as we embark on this
:03:34. > :03:38.momentous journey for our nation, we have a chance to step back and ask
:03:39. > :03:44.ourselves what kind of country we want to build together. I believe
:03:45. > :03:49.that our United Kingdom can emerge from this period of national change
:03:50. > :03:56.than ever before. I believe we can than ever before. I believe we can
:03:57. > :04:00.be a country that stands tall in the world and provides leadership on
:04:01. > :04:07.some of the greatest challenges of our time. And I believe we can and
:04:08. > :04:11.must take this opportunity to build a great meritocracy here in Britain.
:04:12. > :04:17.Let me be clear about what that means. It means making Britain a
:04:18. > :04:23.country where everyone, whatever background, has the chance to go as
:04:24. > :04:39.far as their talent and hard work will take them. It means making
:04:40. > :04:44.Britain were not just for the privileged few but for everyone. A
:04:45. > :04:47.country where it doesn't matter where you were born, what your
:04:48. > :04:52.accent sounds like, what God you worship, whether you are a man or
:04:53. > :04:57.woman, gay or straight, or black or white. A country in which all that
:04:58. > :05:01.matters is the talent you have and how hard you are prepared to work.
:05:02. > :05:07.And that is the kind of Britain I want us to build together. Because
:05:08. > :05:11.as we leave the European Union and set ourselves a new course, we need
:05:12. > :05:18.to make the most of all the talent in this country. For Britain to
:05:19. > :05:22.succeed, we need to unleash the ability of every person, harnessed
:05:23. > :05:25.the creativity of every business, support the ambition and
:05:26. > :05:33.entrepreneurialism in every sector. We need to embrace what is before
:05:34. > :05:37.us, believing in Britain and the enduring power of the British
:05:38. > :05:44.spirit. And we need to look forward not back. Believing that despite our
:05:45. > :05:54.great heritage, we have an even greater future. And that we can
:05:55. > :05:55.build that brighter future together. It is no doubt that it will not be
:05:56. > :06:09.easy. Many will Willis to fail. But, with
:06:10. > :06:14.discipline and focus effort and hard work and above all a unity of
:06:15. > :06:19.purpose stretching across this precious union of nations from north
:06:20. > :06:25.to south and east to west, I believe we can and must go forward together.
:06:26. > :06:30.To do that we need a new contract between government and people. We
:06:31. > :06:35.need a government that is strong enough to act and humble enough to
:06:36. > :06:40.listen. Responsive enough to people's needs and stable enough to
:06:41. > :06:45.get on with the job and deliver. We need to unite behind a clear plan to
:06:46. > :06:52.make the most of the opportunities ahead. That is what this manifesto
:06:53. > :06:58.offers a clear plan to meet the big challenges we face together. A
:06:59. > :07:04.credible, deliverable programme for government around which the country
:07:05. > :07:08.can unite. A plan that, unlike the offerings of other parties, is
:07:09. > :07:14.upfront and honest about the scale of the task we face, what we say in
:07:15. > :07:22.it we will do and the scale of our ambition is clear. Because it is the
:07:23. > :07:28.responsibility of leadership to be up front and straight with people
:07:29. > :07:31.about the challenges ahead about the difficult decisions and trade-offs
:07:32. > :07:39.that need to be made. And the hard work required to overcome the
:07:40. > :07:44.obstacles in Norway. That is what this manifesto does. -- with the
:07:45. > :07:49.obstacles in our way. It identifies the five great challenges that we
:07:50. > :07:55.face as a country, one, the need for a strong economy, too, responding to
:07:56. > :08:03.Brexit and a changing world, three, tackling enjoying social division,
:08:04. > :08:09.fore, responding to an ageing society, and five, facing up to fast
:08:10. > :08:19.changing technology. It sets out what we will do to address each one.
:08:20. > :08:25.And in doing so it offers a vision for Britain in the years and decades
:08:26. > :08:29.ahead, a stronger Britain where everyone has the economic security
:08:30. > :08:30.they need to and the chance to live a secure and full life. And more
:08:31. > :08:35.prosperous Britain where each prosperous Britain where each
:08:36. > :08:44.generation can do better than the last. But, all of this depends on
:08:45. > :08:48.getting the next five years right. Make no mistake, the central
:08:49. > :08:54.challenge we face as negotiating the best deal for Britain in Europe. Our
:08:55. > :08:57.future prosperity, our place in the world, standard of living, the
:08:58. > :09:03.opportunities we want our children and our children's children, each
:09:04. > :09:07.and everyone depends on having the strongest possible hand as we enter
:09:08. > :09:13.the negotiations in order to get the best Brexit deal but families across
:09:14. > :09:17.the country. If we fail, the consequences for Britain and for the
:09:18. > :09:22.economic security of ordinary working people will be dire. If we
:09:23. > :09:30.succeed the opportunities ahead others are great. I have negotiated
:09:31. > :09:33.but Britain in Europe and I know the best place to start is to be clear
:09:34. > :09:39.about where you stand on what you want. That is why I have been clear
:09:40. > :09:45.that we do not seek to forge this issue, to be harping in and half out
:09:46. > :09:50.the newcomer the British people made their choice, I respect that. -- to
:09:51. > :09:56.be half in and half out. I respect the view of the other European
:09:57. > :10:00.leaders who agree. So, we will leave the European Union and take control
:10:01. > :10:07.of our money, our borders, pig control of our laws. We will forge a
:10:08. > :10:14.new deep and special partnership with Europe. -- pig control of our
:10:15. > :10:18.laws. We will strike new deals with old allies and new friends around
:10:19. > :10:24.the world, as well. We will make the decisions that matter to Britain,
:10:25. > :10:30.here in Britain. And be a great global trading nation stands tall in
:10:31. > :10:34.the world once again. If we get Brexit right, we will use this
:10:35. > :10:38.moment of change to bring a stronger, the more prosperous
:10:39. > :10:46.Britain here at home. That is the real prize, the gold towards which
:10:47. > :10:49.we must work. The too many people in Britain today, life is simply much
:10:50. > :10:56.harder than many seem to think all realise. They are not ideological,
:10:57. > :11:01.they do not buy into grand visions, they aren't fools by politicians who
:11:02. > :11:05.promise the earth but claim notes hot choices are required. They make
:11:06. > :11:09.this choice is every day in the own lives. -- book claim no tough
:11:10. > :11:13.choices are required. They understand the politicians much do
:11:14. > :11:16.the same. They do not ask for much, they just want to get on with their
:11:17. > :11:23.lives and do the best the children and be given the chance. They look
:11:24. > :11:28.to the government for and support. This party, the conservative and
:11:29. > :11:32.Unionist party will be that government. For while it is never
:11:33. > :11:37.true that government has all the answers, government put squarely at
:11:38. > :11:42.the service of ordinary working people, can and should be a force
:11:43. > :11:46.for good. A force that steps up and at in the interests of ordinary
:11:47. > :11:51.working people, that does not ignore the more walk unlike on the other
:11:52. > :11:57.side, but serves the interests of the mainstream of the British
:11:58. > :12:00.public. With the right Brexit deal secured, my mainstream government
:12:01. > :12:05.will deliver for mainstream Britain. All those who work hard and make
:12:06. > :12:09.this country what it is, people who have the job but don't always have
:12:10. > :12:13.job security, people that own the home but worry about paying the
:12:14. > :12:17.mortgage, people that can just about manage, but worry about the cost of
:12:18. > :12:21.living in getting their children into a good school. That is why the
:12:22. > :12:27.government I leave that will ensure that every area of this United
:12:28. > :12:29.Kingdom is able to prosper with a modern industrial strategy to spread
:12:30. > :12:34.opportunity across the whole country. Why the government I lead
:12:35. > :12:37.will build a Britain in which work pays, with a higher national living
:12:38. > :12:43.wage and proper rights and protection at work, whether
:12:44. > :12:47.government I lead keep taxes low and cap with an energy tariffs to help
:12:48. > :12:50.families who were working or the hours they can to pay the bills, why
:12:51. > :12:59.we will help those struggling to afford a home of their own to afford
:13:00. > :13:03.more affordable homes. It is why the government I lead will build a
:13:04. > :13:07.Britain with a strong economy to support world-class public services,
:13:08. > :13:11.with the most ambitious programme of investment in technologies and
:13:12. > :13:17.building that the NHS has ever seen. Record and fair funding the schools
:13:18. > :13:25.real technical education for young people and the first-ever proper
:13:26. > :13:29.plan to pay for and provide social care. Because, strong public
:13:30. > :13:33.services do not just provide security and enhance opportunity
:13:34. > :13:36.they are bike tour local and national institutions that Pringles
:13:37. > :13:39.altogether. -- they are vital local and national institutions. That
:13:40. > :13:52.Pringles altogether. For injustice is a scar on the soul
:13:53. > :13:59.of our nation and I will fight it where ever it is found, so for
:14:00. > :14:04.example, we will introduce the first new mental health Bill the 30 years
:14:05. > :14:08.to put parity of esteem at the heart of treatment and end the stigma of
:14:09. > :14:15.mental illness once and for all. But, most important of all, the
:14:16. > :14:20.government I lead will provide strong and stable leadership to see
:14:21. > :14:25.us through Brexit and beyond, tackling the long-term challenges we
:14:26. > :14:31.face and ensuring everyone in our country has the chance to get on in
:14:32. > :14:36.life. We need that strong and stable leadership now more than ever. For
:14:37. > :14:41.the next five years will be among the most challenging in our
:14:42. > :14:46.lifetime, a defining period for our nation, a turning point for Britain
:14:47. > :14:50.that will determine the kind of country we are and the kind of
:14:51. > :14:57.future generations that come afterwards will see. That is why now
:14:58. > :15:02.more than ever put in need strong and stable government, wine now more
:15:03. > :15:09.than ever Britain need strong leadership to make the most of the
:15:10. > :15:14.opportunities Brexit will bring, now more than ever Britain needs a clear
:15:15. > :15:21.plan and the determination and the will to see it through. And it is
:15:22. > :15:27.why in this election, more than any before it is time to put the old
:15:28. > :15:32.tribal politics behind us and to come together in the national
:15:33. > :15:37.interest United in our desire to make a success of Brexit, united in
:15:38. > :15:44.our desire to get the right result for Britain because every vote from
:15:45. > :15:48.me and my team in the selection will strengthen my hand in the
:15:49. > :15:53.negotiations to calm, every vote for me and my team will be a vote to get
:15:54. > :15:58.on with the job of delivering Brexit and delivering a strong animosity or
:15:59. > :16:03.future for all. Every vote for me and my team will be a vote for a
:16:04. > :16:07.stronger, fairer, more prosperous Britain and after all that is passed
:16:08. > :16:14.that is a vision of the future that can bring us together. So, I offer
:16:15. > :16:19.myself as your Prime Minister with a resolute determination to get on
:16:20. > :16:24.with the job of delivering Brexit, optimism that I can get a deal that
:16:25. > :16:29.works for all and confident in the belief that we have the vision, the
:16:30. > :16:37.plan and the will to use this moment to build a better Britain, with the
:16:38. > :16:42.right deal for Britain abroad is taking back control of our borders,
:16:43. > :16:45.our money and our laws, and a better deal for ordinary working people at
:16:46. > :16:51.home will stop a modern industrial strategy to spread prosperity around
:16:52. > :16:55.the country, exploiting the opportunities of technology to
:16:56. > :17:00.attract the jobs of the future to Britain, relief and family energy
:17:01. > :17:04.bills and the cost of living, more secure well paid jobs and new
:17:05. > :17:10.protections for workers, the chance to own a home and more affordable
:17:11. > :17:16.housing, a good school place every child with more money for schools
:17:17. > :17:23.every year. A strong economy to fund our NHS and give you the security
:17:24. > :17:28.you need, a stronger, fairer, more prosperous Britain that works for
:17:29. > :17:33.everyone not just a privilege you, that is the goal, that is the plan
:17:34. > :17:40.and now is the time. So, join me on this journey come with me as I lead
:17:41. > :17:45.Britain, strengthen my hand as I eyed the Britain and stand with me
:17:46. > :17:48.as I deliver for Britain and with confidence in ourselves and the
:17:49. > :17:50.unity of purpose in our country let us all go forward to get the.
:17:51. > :18:49.APPLAUSE APPLAUSE
:18:50. > :18:57.Thank you. Now, I apologise because I see the media the back of the
:18:58. > :19:00.room. Laura's thank you Prime Minister, BBC News, you are ditching
:19:01. > :19:05.much of the manifesto that you in your party stood on just two years
:19:06. > :19:10.ago. More families, including traditional Tory voters will have to
:19:11. > :19:14.pay more for elderly care, many families will lose heart mills for
:19:15. > :19:19.the children at school just a time when people are feeling the pinch.
:19:20. > :19:23.-- lose hot meals. You're pushing back balancing the books and
:19:24. > :19:27.immigration proposals might cost billions to the economy. When you
:19:28. > :19:35.put that altogether would in some voters be quite entitled to conclude
:19:36. > :19:37.that adds up to quite a bleak picture that you are putting
:19:38. > :19:39.forward? No, not at all what I'm putting forward is a vision for
:19:40. > :19:42.opportunity and prosperity across the whole of the country for the
:19:43. > :19:48.future, I've been clear there are some hard choices but active that is
:19:49. > :19:51.what strong and stable government and leadership is about, making sure
:19:52. > :19:56.we are honest with the public about the hard choices, but if you look at
:19:57. > :20:00.what we're doing for the first time ever we have a proper long-term plan
:20:01. > :20:06.for social care to ensure that all people have dignity in old age, but
:20:07. > :20:09.a plan that is further across the generations, yes, ensuring we are
:20:10. > :20:13.putting more money into our schools and giving every primary school
:20:14. > :20:17.child a breakfast before they start the school day, to set the school
:20:18. > :20:22.day off as well. In showing that we're putting more money into our
:20:23. > :20:24.NHS which is the biggest ever investment in technology and
:20:25. > :20:30.buildings in our national Health Service. But, you can only do that
:20:31. > :20:35.if we have a strong economy and having a strong economy is central
:20:36. > :20:39.to what we as conservatives do implement and to do that we also
:20:40. > :20:44.need to make sure it we get the Brexit negotiations right, so having
:20:45. > :20:47.that right leadership to take us in with a strong hand in the
:20:48. > :20:52.negotiations is so important and that is why I said every vote for me
:20:53. > :20:57.and my team will strengthen my hand in those Brexit negotiations to get
:20:58. > :21:04.the best double Britain. -- to get the best deal for Britain. Sky News,
:21:05. > :21:07.Prime Minister in the manifesto on page 36 you repeat we continue to
:21:08. > :21:14.believe that note deal is better than a bad deal for the UK, is this
:21:15. > :21:18.document a mandate but no deal? Are voters who vote for you except in
:21:19. > :21:23.that a possibility within the five years is that there could be no
:21:24. > :21:28.deal, and if that not the definition of potential chaos? This is a
:21:29. > :21:31.manifesto, this manifesto is a mandate and this election I want to
:21:32. > :21:35.give a mandate to a strong hand in the negotiations to get the best
:21:36. > :21:39.possible deal by the UK and by that I mean the best possible deal that
:21:40. > :21:44.everybody the United Kingdom, but to do that we need a strong hand in the
:21:45. > :21:48.negotiations and that is why as I said, every vote for me and my team
:21:49. > :21:52.is about that will strengthen my hand in those Brexit negotiations,
:21:53. > :21:59.we want to get the best double Britain, we want a deal that works
:22:00. > :22:02.every part of the United Kingdom and that is what we are determined to
:22:03. > :22:06.do. Did I see Andy Bell? Thank you very much, Andy Bell, Channel five
:22:07. > :22:10.news. Do you except under your social collapse plan that the
:22:11. > :22:15.majority of people currently receiving care in their own homes
:22:16. > :22:20.will end up worse off under your plaid? -- do you except under your
:22:21. > :22:25.social care plan. Aren't you turning your back a bit on the traditional
:22:26. > :22:31.Middle England that is put the Conservatives into power because you
:22:32. > :22:35.think you can find votes elsewhere? This is the first time that we have
:22:36. > :22:39.seen a proper long-term plan for the sustainability and social care in
:22:40. > :22:41.this country. We face a great challenge of an ageing population
:22:42. > :22:46.and it is right that anybody who wants to be Prime Minister faces up
:22:47. > :22:49.to that challenge and set it out clearly the people. What will we see
:22:50. > :22:53.we're making, we will see that those we're making, we will see that those
:22:54. > :22:57.elderly people who've been worried about how they pay the care in the
:22:58. > :23:02.home will not have to worry about that in the future, they will not
:23:03. > :23:08.have to pay while they are still alive, they wait to sell the home
:23:09. > :23:12.while they are living in it, what we also see his that those people who
:23:13. > :23:15.are worried that the savings, who have done the right thing and say to
:23:16. > :23:19.the life and worried the savings will dwindle to wretchedly nothing,
:23:20. > :23:27.we are quadrupling the threshold at which assets will be... What else do
:23:28. > :23:30.experts see from this? I expect to see action and improvement in the
:23:31. > :23:34.quality of social care that is available to people, expect people
:23:35. > :23:38.to be able to stay in their own homes longer, and that will mean
:23:39. > :23:47.less pressure on the NHS. I think I saw Gary... You said you wanted to
:23:48. > :23:51.be straight, can I just ask you following on from the previous
:23:52. > :23:58.question, everyone says there was a cart to getting net migration down,
:23:59. > :24:03.is it in billions? You said you wanted, throughout the manifesto,
:24:04. > :24:08.close injustice gaps, is there not a danger you are creating a whole new
:24:09. > :24:12.one between children of slightly better off parents who may be die of
:24:13. > :24:17.a heart attack or are treated for a medical condition, and slightly
:24:18. > :24:22.better of children of someone who has dementia? It looks like they get
:24:23. > :24:26.very different treatment under a Theresa May government under these
:24:27. > :24:33.plans. Throughout the manifesto, you give this is a hard time, energy
:24:34. > :24:40.companies with big names have slightly conned the customers,
:24:41. > :24:44.housing builders have been building quality houses, you say, do you
:24:45. > :24:49.think the Conservatives over the years have got to cosy with business
:24:50. > :24:54.and business has been too greedy? Festival, you put right a few issues
:24:55. > :24:58.in that question I have to say. LAUGHTER I think that was more than
:24:59. > :25:02.the one question which most people are asking. Just pick up on the
:25:03. > :25:06.immigration issue, I think it is right that we want to bring net
:25:07. > :25:11.migration to sustainable levels, in the tens of thousands, because of
:25:12. > :25:13.the impact that that uncontrolled migration has on people,
:25:14. > :25:18.particularly at the lower end of the income scale because it can hold
:25:19. > :25:23.down people's wages, it can mean a displacement of jobs, it puts
:25:24. > :25:28.pressure also on public services. What we are saying is that yes we
:25:29. > :25:32.want to increase the skilled charge, but that is because then that money
:25:33. > :25:37.can be put into ensuring that people here are being trained up to be able
:25:38. > :25:40.to take the jobs, I want to see people here having the skills to
:25:41. > :25:43.take on these jobs while we still have a system that brings the
:25:44. > :25:48.brightest and the best into the United Kingdom, and that is exactly
:25:49. > :25:55.what we will be doing. In terms of the question of business I think, we
:25:56. > :25:59.absolutely, clearly, said Al in the manifesto the key thing that we want
:26:00. > :26:03.to do the business which is to ensure that we have that strong
:26:04. > :26:07.economy and we want to be the best place for businesses to be set up,
:26:08. > :26:13.to grow, and to provide those jobs and investment here in the United
:26:14. > :26:16.Kingdom, but we do believe in responsible business. I think if you
:26:17. > :26:21.talk to business people they will also say that it is better to have
:26:22. > :26:24.an engaged workforce that is a content workforce that increases and
:26:25. > :26:28.improved productivity, and that is why think it is right to say that we
:26:29. > :26:32.need to ensure that workers have proper protections, but we do also
:26:33. > :26:37.want to insure that we set that economic framework in which business
:26:38. > :26:42.creates jobs. Since 2010, two .9 million jobs have been created, we
:26:43. > :26:49.see employment at record levels, employment higher now than it has
:26:50. > :26:51.been since records began and unemployment lower than it has been
:26:52. > :26:59.since the mid-19 70s. That is what a strong economy can do and to build
:27:00. > :27:03.on that the future. Is the area? Prime Minister, and you trying to
:27:04. > :27:07.redefine what it means to be a conservative? And your critics on
:27:08. > :27:15.social care who say your child implementer to tax, what would be
:27:16. > :27:23.your reason? -- who say you are trying to implement a death tax.
:27:24. > :27:27.This is a real challenge to implement a proper plan on social
:27:28. > :27:31.care, it's been blocked by governments are too long, we are
:27:32. > :27:37.prepared to stand up to that challenge and put forward this plan
:27:38. > :27:41.which, as I say, will protect higher level of assets than is currently
:27:42. > :27:45.protected for individuals, it will take away the worry from people
:27:46. > :27:48.about how they will pay for the care whether the savings would be
:27:49. > :27:54.depleted to virtually nothing and I think it will lead to an improvement
:27:55. > :27:58.in social care. What we believe in is, yes, insuring we are providing a
:27:59. > :28:02.system that provides people with dignity in their old age, but doing
:28:03. > :28:11.it in a way that is the across the generations. I think the Guardian is
:28:12. > :28:19.here. There's a microphone coming to you. Hello. You are going to means
:28:20. > :28:23.test the winter fuel allowance for pensioners, replace the triple lock
:28:24. > :28:27.guarantee on the basic state pension with a less generous double lock,
:28:28. > :28:35.and wealthy pensioners will have to pay more for the clay include links
:28:36. > :28:39.the at home... -- more for the care including care at home. Are you
:28:40. > :28:43.being honest with pensioners that they have to bear more of the costs
:28:44. > :28:46.of the best society you are talking about? If you access look at the
:28:47. > :28:50.manifesto when we set out what we're doing in relation to the pensions
:28:51. > :28:55.triple lock we make the point that that was introduced at the time when
:28:56. > :28:58.there was a significant disparity in relationship to pensioner's incomes
:28:59. > :29:05.now what we see as a result of the changes that have been made, an
:29:06. > :29:09.increase of ?1250 a year and some older people worry about axe to the
:29:10. > :29:14.is now a disparaging for the younger generation and would they be better
:29:15. > :29:20.off in the future? Pensions will continue to go up, we will have a
:29:21. > :29:24.double lock, which will ensure the pensions will go up either at the
:29:25. > :29:28.rate of average earnings or inflation, which ever is housed of
:29:29. > :29:32.pensioners will continue to be protected against rising prices. But
:29:33. > :29:36.it is important that we ensure that changes that come in are changes
:29:37. > :29:47.that are fair across the generations. Tom? Prime Minister,
:29:48. > :29:52.from The Sun, you are taking money off which pensioners and giving it
:29:53. > :29:58.support young families, you delight in using the power of big government
:29:59. > :30:06.to beat up on UL issuing traditional right wing Tory dogma like
:30:07. > :30:10.libertarianism, do you accept you are moving to the political centre
:30:11. > :30:18.ground and are you proud of your new monkey, a red Tory? -- your new
:30:19. > :30:23.moniker and red Tory? The Conservative Party has always been
:30:24. > :30:29.on the central ground, we believe in managing the economy, spending tax
:30:30. > :30:32.payers money responsibly, encouraging business to create
:30:33. > :30:36.high-paid jobs, we went to see a good school place for every child so
:30:37. > :30:40.that young people get the best possible start in life, we want to
:30:41. > :30:44.ensure we get the economy to bond the support in public services do
:30:45. > :30:50.the NHS and other services, these are all good principles underpinning
:30:51. > :30:56.conservativism and continued to. Crucially, we want to give people
:30:57. > :31:00.opportunity and inchoate aspiration, we want people to know that in
:31:01. > :31:06.Britain on debt a Conservative government how far you go in life
:31:07. > :31:08.depends on you, your talents and your hard work, not where you came
:31:09. > :31:22.from. APPLAUSE
:31:23. > :31:42.I think, did ICJ should? From the mail -- did ICJ said?
:31:43. > :31:53.Would you expect those in your party and the House of Lords, and can I
:31:54. > :31:58.ask, the theme of the day, do you consider yourself a Thatcherite? On
:31:59. > :32:02.the question of the single market, what we want is a comprehensive free
:32:03. > :32:10.trade agreement with the European Union which is about having good, as
:32:11. > :32:13.tariff free and frictionless access to the single market but you can't
:32:14. > :32:17.be a member of the single market without effectively still being a
:32:18. > :32:21.member of the European Union. The British people have been clear that
:32:22. > :32:30.we should leave the European Union. We will be leaving the EU and
:32:31. > :32:34.negotiating the best deal we can. We will still cooperate with the
:32:35. > :32:39.European Union on many issues and on trade, we want that competence of
:32:40. > :32:44.free trade agreement that will be good for businesses here in the
:32:45. > :32:47.United Kingdom and good for jobs and ordinary working families here in
:32:48. > :32:51.the United Kingdom. Margaret Thatcher was a conservative, I'm a
:32:52. > :33:16.conservative, this is a Conservative manifesto. I think I saw Ben. You
:33:17. > :33:21.are elected in 2010 and 2015 on reducing immigration by the
:33:22. > :33:26.thousands, you are Home Secretary between 2010 and 2016 and you didn't
:33:27. > :33:30.meet that pledge, why should you believe it today? I was working on
:33:31. > :33:33.this for six years as Home Secretary. The figures are starting
:33:34. > :33:37.to come down again. There is no single thing you can do in relation
:33:38. > :33:41.to the net migration figures that will make all the difference. You
:33:42. > :33:57.need to work at this issue constantly. We need rules where we
:33:58. > :34:00.have not had the opportunity to use them before. I have explained why I
:34:01. > :34:04.think it is important that migration should be at sustainable levels
:34:05. > :34:08.because uncontrolled immigration has an impact on people and public
:34:09. > :34:13.services and also on people, particularly at the lower end of the
:34:14. > :34:17.income scale. Suppressing wages and sometimes displacing jobs. That is
:34:18. > :34:22.why it is important we maintain that commitment and continue to work on
:34:23. > :34:33.it. I handed just went up at the back. Louise Adamson. I wanted to
:34:34. > :34:41.ask what this manifesto says about you personally and you'll political
:34:42. > :34:44.philosophy? I think it tells me that I'm a good conservative. And it
:34:45. > :34:50.tells you that I believe in ensuring we have a strong economy and we have
:34:51. > :34:55.good public services and opportunities for all. That is
:34:56. > :34:59.crucial, I want to see Britain as a global Britain standing tall in the
:35:00. > :35:03.world, trading around the world and taking our place in the world but
:35:04. > :35:07.also a Britain where people in this country know how far they go depends
:35:08. > :35:10.on them and their hard work and talents. Was that Paul I saw
:35:11. > :35:27.somewhere? Prime Minister, Halifax voted 55%
:35:28. > :35:31.leave and like many seats, Labour seats you are targeting in this
:35:32. > :35:37.election, if you win the seats, those new MPs and voters will want
:35:38. > :35:41.to hold your feet to the fire to get a firm Brexit? If that is the case,
:35:42. > :35:47.isn't David Cameron deluded to think that the greater the majority, the
:35:48. > :35:52.greater the chance of a soft exit? Iden took about soft or hard Brexit,
:35:53. > :36:02.I want the right deal for Britain. That is what we are going to do. I
:36:03. > :36:13.don't know if we can get a microphone upfront here. You have
:36:14. > :36:18.been asked repeatedly in the campaign about taxes on higher
:36:19. > :36:21.earners and you have always answered wait for the manifesto, the
:36:22. > :36:27.manifesto doesn't really have any detail about what taxes they might
:36:28. > :36:30.face or if they will face increases in national insurance. You are
:36:31. > :36:34.asking higher earners to vote for you without knowing what kind of
:36:35. > :36:43.attack rates -- tax rates they might be paying, what do you say to them
:36:44. > :36:47.now the manifesto is out? To earners across the board, when they vote at
:36:48. > :36:53.the election, they have a clear choice. The clear choice is between
:36:54. > :37:00.a Conservative Party that has always been and always will be a low tax
:37:01. > :37:03.party and in government is to reduce taxes on businesses and working
:37:04. > :37:08.families and a Labour Party whose national instinct is to increase
:37:09. > :37:12.taxes. What we saw from the Labour manifesto this week, with costing
:37:13. > :37:15.that didn't seem to be worth the paper it was written on, is that
:37:16. > :37:23.ordinary working families will pay the price of labour. They will get
:37:24. > :37:27.lower wages and higher taxes and fewer jobs. Ordinary working people
:37:28. > :37:34.will pay the price of labour. My last question here. Picking up on
:37:35. > :37:40.Jason Groves's questions, it is occasionally said it is difficult to
:37:41. > :37:48.define what is meant by May is. But it says you reject the cold of self
:37:49. > :37:53.individualism and regard rigid dogma and ideology dangerous, that's as
:37:54. > :38:00.like a rejection of Thatcherism, is it rejection and are you personally
:38:01. > :38:07.rejecting the comparisons between you and Margaret Thatcher? There is
:38:08. > :38:18.no May is. I know you like to write about it. There is good solid
:38:19. > :38:21.conservatism. Which puts the interests of the country and
:38:22. > :38:23.ordinary working people at the heart of everything we do in government.
:38:24. > :38:26.Thank you.