Labour Event Election 2017

My name is Angela Smith, I am the leader of the Labour group in the

House of Lords. Thank you the coming. What we are talking about

today is about the threat posed to our public services if we were to

have five more years of the Tories. And how we, as Labour, would take a

different approach. We have a plan to reverse the decline we have seen

under this Conservative government. We will hear from Angela Rayner, our

Education Secretary, and Jonathan Ashworth, our Shadow Health

Secretary. We are also launching our latest election poster, which is

there now, you can see behind us, about what could happen to an NHS

waiting list, they will soar if the Tories return to government. First,

it is my pleasure to ask Jeremy Corbyn to ask -- say a few words

about this campaign. Good morning. Thank you all very much for coming

this morning. Thank you, Angela, for the introduction. The future of our

NHS and other schools is at stake in this election. These states that the

Conservatives have left our NHS, our schools in, is anything but strong

and stable. Over the last seven years, they have starved public

services who rely on those resources, at every turn they have

chosen tax giveaways for the view over public services for the many.

Patients are suffering wait in long walks, A maternity wards and

hospitals are threatened with closure. Children are crammed into

overcrowded and crumbling classrooms. Schools send begging

letters to the parents. It has two chains. Together, we can make it

chains on the 8th of June. Labour will invest in our schools and

hospitals. We will cut school class sizes, but not schools. Take a

million people off the waiting list, not as more. Ensure people get the

care they deserve. And guarantee that dedicated staff get a pay rise.

Another five years of the Conservatives would be disastrous

for our public services. If they carry on as they are now, by 2022

there could be 5.5 million people on the NHS England waiting list. 1.5

million older people with unmet care needs. 650,000 pupils crammed into

primary classes of over 30. Families left almost ?450 worth of her child

as a result of the Tories' plan to scrap free school meals to 1.7

million children. That is the conservative vision for Britain. But

don't take my word for it. Last week, BIF F made clear the

Conservative manifesto, promises no new money to the NHS and a real

terms cut in pupil funding for schools. That vision does not has to

become a reality. On 8th of June, they is only one party that can

improve public services for the many not the few. That is Labour. We will

build an NHS and social care system for the many, we will invest ?37

billion into the NHS, and take 1 million people of the waiting list

by 2022. We will invest ?8 billion in social care over the next five

years. And lay the foundations for a National Care Service, to integrate

health and social care. Labour will build a national education service

and invest in our children's futures. We will cap class sizes at

30, 4546 and seven-year-old and Labour will provide free school

meals to all primary school children. The Conservatives would

take that away and replace it with a thimble full of rice crispies for

each child. In the fifth richest country in the world,

it is not acceptable for people to be left in hospitals without care.

It is not right and does not make sense to undermine the future of our

next generation. We believe those who can afford it should pay just a

little bit more. To fund care, dignity and opportunity for all. It

gives me great pleasure to introduce our Health Secretary, John Ashworth,

to take you through the details over our concerns with the NHS. Over to

you. Thank you Germany. Good morning. The Tories thought they

could glide to this election with nothing more than trite slogans. But

the British people ensure that that will not go to plan. They want

answers on how many pensioners stand to lose from Tory plans. They want

answers on what the school funding cuts will mean for their children.

And the British people want answers the wider NHS is being pushed

backwards, why they're waiting longer longer for health care. On

the morning of their manifesto launch, the current Conservative

Health promised to increase spending on the NHS above promises made to

date. But within a matter of days, the Institute for Fiscal Studies can

Toure confirmed their plans had no extra for health services. This is

not the time the agreement were not the they used misleading figures for

spending. The head of the NHS executive accused the Prime Minister

at stretching it by asking for the money it asked for. The Tory cash

crisis in our NHS is getting worse. Last week, leaked figures estimate

that hospitals in England ended the financial year more than ?700

billion in the red. A funding crisis has left the NHS is weak and

unstable. With patients being forced to pay the price. The British people

an honest picture about the state of our health service. We are

publishing a dossier setting out our new analysis on the scale of the

underfunding of the NHS and the projected impact on patient care of

another five years of Conservative. Now, first on infrastructure. We are

all familiar with the recent cyber security attack on the NHS. It

affected more than 40 hospitals across England. Many experts warn

that investment in NHS infrastructure including IT, had

been cut back over the last seven years. Today, based on evidence we

collected through Freedom of information request, we can reveal

the impact of these infrastructure cuts. Hospitals left crumbling,

patient care at risk, staff being forced to work in facilities that

are simply no longer fit for purpose. We can reveal that in a

hospital in south London, a wheelchair-bound client had to be

seen outside on the steps of the building as a result of the disabled

lift being out of order. In Coventry, a leak from the ceiling

onto an operating table, meant that patient had to be re-routed to

other. In Cornwall, power cuts. In Essex, award was closed and patient

had to be moved. In the Isle of Wight, a contamination cause

flooding on the level eight out patient department. It was out of

action for the days, resulting in fast patient breaches. And in a

Surrey Hospital, in the Health Health Secretary's backyard,

patients could not be seen. We can't go on like this. Staff and patients

deserve better, our loved ones deserve better. Secondly on

standards of care. Since the 2015 election, the Tories have failed on

every single major standard of care. Patients across England are being

failed and the blame lies firmly at the door of ten Downing St. The 18

week referral to treatment target was last met in February 20 16. A 62

day cancer waiting time targets, at last met December 20 15. The four

hour a and E target, last met the lie 2015. -- delighted 715. The 80

minute ambulance response target, for urgent calls, last night made

2015. The consequence of these failings as millions of more people

every year, waiting in pain for urgent care or waiting with

discomfort for routine treatments. Before the general election was

called, you will recall the chief executive of NHS admitting that

because of Tory underfunding, the 18 week target for treatment would not

be met for at least several years. Legal opinion, we have sought from

the QC, suggest this is a breach of legal rights in the NHS

Constitution. But the analysis we are publishing today, reveals under

the Conservatives, waiting lists are set to grow even further. Another

five years of the Tory government, would bring five more years of

underfunding, five more years of growing waiting lists, and five more

years of patients being let down. On current projections, if the Tories

are re-elected by 2022, a 3.5 million people will wait more than

four hours in A each year. 800,000 will wait more than four hours in

hospital trolleys. 2 million hospital bed days will be lost

because of delayed transfers of care. 1.5 million people will have

an met care needs. And more than a 5.5 million people will be on the

waiting list for NHS treatment. In other words, thousands of patients

every single day being let down by the Tories, being denied the care

they need and deserve, and having their health but at risk because of

the damaging policies of the right wing Tory government who do not

believe in our NHS. Labour has been very clear in this election about

our plans for the NHS. ?27 billion extra funding over the parliament.

?10 billion of capital funding to invest in NHS infrastructure.

Patient guarantees to legal rights to be enshrined in the NHS

Constitution. And a renewed focus on keeping people fit and well to

reduce demands on the NHS. At the same time, the Conservatives in this

election are misleading voters about their record and are being dishonest

with voters about their plans for the future. In conclusion, the

choice of this election is now clear. It's a choice between

investment in the NHS with Labour, but is now more money for the NHS

under the Tories. It is a choice between waiting lists falling by a

million with Labour, versus waiting lists rising by a million under the

Tories. Patients and people first with Labour, versus cuts and

closures under the Tories. A vote for Labour next Thursday is a vote

for our children's education, it is a vote for our NHS, it is a vote for

Britain but what future, average for the many, not the few, thank you. --

a vote for the future, a vote for the many. Thank you. Our schools

have reached crisis point. The Tories are cutting school budgets

for the first time since the mid-19 90s. There is a crisis in her

teacher and recruitment retention that is getting worse every year.

Schools up and down the country are struggling to keep the lights on.

And are constantly faced with the impossible decisions of which

teacher to make redundant. Or which subject to be removed from the

curriculum. That is the impact of the Conservatives' education policy.

A crisis in our schools which is narrowing our children's horizons

and opportunities. Just last month, a school in the Prime Minister's own

constituencies sent a letter home to parents telling them that due to the

cuts, they were letting go of teachers. Getting rid of subjects.

And their school library. Theresa May can't even keep the

promises she makes to her own constituents, so how is anyone to

trust a word she says? At the same time that the Tories are cutting

school budgets, they are also failing to recruit the teachers our

children need. They have missed their own teacher recruitment

targets for the previous five years and the number of unqualified

teachers have shot up by 52% since the Tories relaxed the rules on

teacher quality in 2012. This is the reality of education in England at

under Theresa May. We are here today to set out what five more years of

Tories could spelt out for our schools. The ISS have confirmed that

the supposed extra money that Tories will put into our schools will still

leave cuts to per-pupil spending of around 7% between 2016 and 2022 of

the next Parliament. So what would that mean? The education select

committee have been clear about the cuts to our school budgets and what

that will mean. Larger class sizes and more reliance on unqualified

teachers. If class sizes increase at the same rate, and they will if the

Tories continue to spend scarce resources on building free schools

where they are not required, we could see 650,000 children in class

sizes of over 30. And as schools sizes of over 30. And as schools

struggle to plug the holes left by the Tory cuts, it is likely that

they will rely more on more -- more and more on unqualified teachers who

are cheaper to employ. At the current rate we could be looking at

40,000 unqualified teachers in our schools by 2022. The Tories are a

threat to the excellent school standards our children deserve.

There is nothing in the Tory manifesto about school buildings,

despite the fact that the school estate is crumbling with over 60% of

school buildings being built before 1976. They also appear to have

remained on the commitment to not allow schools to be run for

not-for-profit. The Tories over this country some honesty. Why would they

allow this damaging practice? If they do, we will see a race to the

bottom in school standards, as has happened in other countries. And

what is all the more shocking is that against this backdrop of

failure and neglect the Tories are choosing to concentrate on building

a handful of new selective schools for a handful of better of children.

They are the same old Tories. Our schools and our children's teachers

are not safe under the Tories and Labour would do things differently.

We will build a unified national education service to support

everyone in our country through education from cradle to grave. We

believe education is a right and not the privilege it has become in Tory

England. We will invest in our schools make sure they are resourced

Byrum reversing the short-sighted Tory cuts. A Labour government will

cap class sizes at 34 five, and seven-year-olds to make sure that

children get the attention they need and teachers can effectively

reinstate order to our classrooms. We will deliver free school meals

for all primary school children to make sure that no child is allowed

to go hungry at school and we will pay for it by removing the VAT

exemptions on private schools because it is the right thing to do.

We would celebrate teachers and not talk them down. Our children deserve

the best this country can give them an under a Labour government and

with me as your Secretary of State for Education, every child across

Britain will be able to reach their full potential. Angela, thank you

very much. I think you got a star pitcher there from Jeremy, Jonathan

and Angela of what the outcomes could be of another five years of a

Tory government. We have time for a few questions. If you could say who

you are first that will be really helpful. Laura and then John.

Immigration has been one of the public's and serves many years. You

said it will probably come down under your government mother can you

tell us how your immigration policy would work exactly? And if not, why

not? May also ask you to put us out of our misery to say whether or not

you will be attending the BBC debate later this evening whether you were

send someone else in your place? I'll take the questions in groups of

three. We might not built to help you out on that one just yet Laura,

but you will be one of the first to know. Jonathan? Andy Bell. Sorry.

It's been said that your tax-and-spend plans are not you

being honest with the British public. It said you will have to

find more tags from other people. Is there one more? Jack. The is a

surprising poll in the Times this morning, suggesting we are all calls

for a hung parliament. I will be interested to ask Jeremy how would

you respond in that situation, if next Friday there is hung parliament

and you need to form a coalition. What will you do? Who wants to go

first on those of questions? Anju? I don't trust polls. Anyone who does

trust them at the moment is naive to say the least. The Labour Party are

in it to win it. We have just outlined what a disastrous seven

years the Tories have been to Britain and we have just said what

an opportunity it will be for Britain if they elect a Labour

government because I believe our manifesto is finishing the work of

the manifesto we brought out, the Labour government of 1995. Our

national education service will transform Britain so that our young

people don't feel left behind and our older people aren't asked to pay

for their care by the governments matching the houses,, which may I

add, Margaret Thatcher wanted to buy in the first place. -- wanted them

to buy in the first place. We think we can raise the money from the tax

changes we are proposing. It is difficult for us to do an analysis

against the Conservative Party figures because it's not clear what

they are proposing to do. They have broken tax promises before. They

said previously they would not increase VAT and they have. This

Prime Minister wanted to increase national insurance, despite the

pledge previously. Our plans for expenditure on the NHS and schools,

they do recognise we will be putting in more money than the Conservatives

are proposing. I take you back to the start of my hesitation. Jeremy

Hunt told the people that the Conservatives will be putting more

money into the NHS. Within days that claim has been blown apart by the

independent ISS and this election is a big choice now between investment

in the national health service with the Labour Party or continued

financial squeeze on the NHS under the Conservatives would the impact

that standards of care for patients will deteriorate further if the

Conservatives get re-elected next week. John and Angela could not put

it better. Essentially the choice is, do you continue with the damage

to our public services, damage to education and health, or do you

elect a Labour government that will do things in a totally different

direction and different way. That is the message we're out today. On the

questions of immigration, Laura. When we moved the European Union,

Freedom movement ends within the European Union as far as Britain is

concerned. We've made that clear. We've made it clear we will

legislate immediately, as we tried to do when Andy Burnham announced

the resolution to this effect regarding EU nationals having the

right to remain in Britain. The same applies to UK nationals in Europe.

Under manage migration which will come after we leave the European

Union, it will be based on the needs of our economy and rights of family

reunion, and it will absolutely prevent unscrupulous employers

importing whole scale workforces from lower paid regimes in order to

come to this country and undercut people that work in this country. So

we will end that appalling race to the bottom which does so much damage

to community cohesion and relations between workers was the employer was

-- whilst the employer laughs all the way to the bank. I am not going

to make false promises in the way that Theresa May did in 2010 and

2015 and as she is making at this time. We will manage migration based

on the needs of this country. We also have to be very clear that we

have a skill shortage because this government has not invested enough

in training and education and that skill shortage has to be met from

somewhere. If we did not have migrant workers, either from outside

or inside Europe working in our national health service, as I am

sure John will confirm, it would be sure John will confirm, it would be

in an even worse state than it is at the present time. Likewise the

thousands who teach in our schools and help our children. Where

communities have had large numbers of people moving in and greater

demands have been placed on local public services, we will reinstate

the special fund that the previous Labour governments instituted to

assist local authorities in both areas. I simply say this. There is

something very odd about going down to sky-macro the other night. Being

brought in front of the audience, happy to do so. I sat in front of

Jeremy Paxman and an utter pleasure it was as well to be having a chat

with Jeremy Paxman for a while. There is no finer way to spend

Monday evening. And then the Prime Minister is hiding away in a room

upstairs, only to come down and do exactly the same. Howard Apuleius --

how ridiculous is that? Come on Prime Minister, let's have a chat. I

am sure she is watching this. She's not that busy. Come and have a

debate, change your mind. On Andy's question on the ISS. The ISS has

stated in stark terms what the Conservative government would do if

re-elected. It has also analysed our plans. They have not costed the

effect of our new taxes on overseas property, for example, because they

don't exist that the present time and therefore they did not feel able

to give a prediction of the income from them. We are very confident

that everything we have put forward in this document is about funding

our manifesto is a robust and will stand up and will deliver a step

change the people of this country and 95% will pay no more in tax on

national insurance, will benefit from Alberta Health Services, better

schools and investment across the whole country in all regions of

England as well as in Scotland and Wales on improved infrastructure.

And on the last point that Jack so kindly raised, I never comment on

opinion polls, but this election campaign is going very well.

Thousands of people are joining our campaign and joining the Labour

Party and do you know what? The average donation online at our party

head office is ?22. This is ordinary people giving their money because

they want a political change in this country and I am looking forward to

the result which will be announced on June the 9th. Thank you Jeremy.

And plead to Theresa May it's not too late for her to change her mind.

I will take three more. From here, but back and over there. Following

on Laura's question, you talked about migrant workers being needed.

I would like your comments on whether or not you will be allowing

unskilled workers into the country. Also do you have a plan regarding

the Brexit talks? Man in the white shirt and then the blue tie? Polls

aside, voters have a right to know the party's potential negotiating

stance in advance. You rule of coalition. Do you have any deal to

keep the Tories out? If we have time, we will do three more

afterwards. Jeremy, you have tweeted this morning that yourself and Kvyat

Dugdale are of one mind of over the Scottish referendum. If you become

Prime Minister, will you tell Nicola Sturgeon to take it off the table

for at least the next five years. And whilst you were working for

peace in Northern Ireland, did you ever publicly call for an IRA

ceasefire? Is OK. Thanks for your question.

What you have been reading is a document that was being discussed

between researchers in our teens as happens every day of the week in

every party and all around Parliament. Our policy is in our

manifesto. That is the policy that will be carried out. On the plan for

Brexit, we accept the result of the referendum. We are leaving the EU.

Strong negotiation is one, tariff free access to the European market,

too. We will legislate and protect the rights of EU nationals living in

Britain. Three, we will protect the rights and regulations that we have

achieved through EU membership. And there will be other areas especially

that we want to remain part of. Such as security sharing, issues of

environment pollution and control. All those things are very important.

Crucially, it has to be tariff free trade access to the European market,

much of our Manufacturing industry relies both on a market in Europe

and also a supply chain in Europe. Quite a lot of European industry

also relies on a supply chain from this country. That will be the key

points of negotiation that we are putting forward. Keir Starmer is an

extremely experienced and very well qualified legal brain. There is no

finer legal brain even in this room than Keir Starmer. He will be the

one to lead our negotiations. I'm looking forward to key are doing

that, and obviously all those other capital will be part of it. George,

I think you spend too much time at Westminster, if I say so. You should

get out of it more. I really believe that. What you would see outside is

a very different story. The enthusiasm, the change, the whole

ambition of people to win this election for Labour, to elect a

Labour government with a majority to carry out what will be an agenda

double radically improve the lives of so many people and give young

people confidence in their own future, rather than a future of

debt, underfunded schools, insecurity and low-paid jobs. I

invite you to join us when we celebrate victory. Is that all

right, George? If you want to see the enthusiasm around the country,

please join us. It's fun. You'll enjoy it, I promise you. You really

well. Kevin. Your question on the Scottish referendum. Obviously the

Scottish Parliament has taken a view will stop I believe that the last

thing Scotland needs now is that debate. What is needed now is a

serious debate about the problems of underfunding public services in

Scotland. The way in which the SNP government has declined to use the

tax-raising powers it has in order to ameliorate the effects of

austerity by the Westminster government, and I think it would be

extremely wrong and unwise to go into a referendum while the Brexit

negotiations are going on. The invitation I would give to the

Scottish Government is, think again. The important thing now is to get a

deal with the European Union that guarantees trade access to the

European markets, to protect our jobs and our industries in this

country. Over Northern Ireland, I always wanted there to be a

ceasefire. I supported ceasefires, there was one ceasefire under the

Major government which unfortunately collapsed, but another one was

instituted very quickly on the election of the Labour government in

1997. I think we should pay huge tribute to that government in

achieving that. The peace process is achieving that. The peace process is

something people from all around the world have learned from. There were

people on both sides in Northern Ireland who met, but the principle

of the ceasefire and the 1997 agreement, the Good Friday

Agreement, was that both sides had to recognise there was a shared and

different cultural history in the past in Ireland and that stood the

test of time. We still have that government system in Northern

Ireland and I think we should be pleased about that. Those of us that

took up cases of what we believe to be miscarriages of justice, I think

we are right to do so. Those that try to encourage people to come to

the table and talk, I think were absolutely right to do so. Thanks

Jeremy. Only time the two more questions now, apologies. To the

back and the lady in red who has been waving. And the lady in the

grey jacket here. Please state your names. Thank you. Tamara Cohen from

Sky News. You criticise the Conservatives on social care, but

what does Labour think is a reasonable amount for people to pay

for social care over their lifetime? Is it the ?72,000 and judo mats

nested, or if not, what is it? Theresa May said yesterday that if

you were negotiating Brexit, she said you would be alone and naked in

the negotiating chamber. What would you say to her? Not a pretty sight.

Sorry! Over here. I'm only joking. Kate Dublin, from the Herald. Mr

people on both sides of the divide people on both sides of the divide

in Northern Ireland. I'm wondering if during those years, you ever met

with political representatives of loyalist militant groups? John, do

you want to pick up on social care first of all? Social care, as we all

know, has quite rightly become one of the big issues of the selection

following the chaos of the Tory manifesto with the dementia tax. It

is something which has been raised all the time on the doorstep,

particularly in marginal constituencies across the country.

We know that social care has been in crisis for some time. 4.6 billion

has been cut from social care over the last six or seven years. Surrey

County Council were pleading for special arrangements with the

government because social care crisis hitting their area. We have

some will put more money into social care. It needs an emergency

injection of money and we will provide that. We will do 8 billion

across Parliament. On specifics of a cap, you will also recall Jeremy

Hunt on the today programme, on the morning of the manifesto launch,

ruling out a cap. Quite clear and stark terms, he has been made to

look rather silly now, consequently following the prime ministers

panicked, chaotic manoeuvre. But we believe that the principles of

sound. We will want to consult on the principles of deal not, and we

will want to move over a Parliament to a national care service. We

believe we have to proceed with consensus. We are happy and keen to

talk to other political parties across Parliament, opposition

parties, conservatives and liberals. About what that final social care

settlement looks like. What you have not got with us is the

shilly-shallying around of social care that you have seen with the

Conservative government. We're going to but substantive... The people who

have been denied social care deserve better. I'm going to ask Jeremy to

respond to the other questions. John has made the points on social care

that we will put money in immediately. The fact the

Conservatives have done a U-turn on the manifesto is I think a record

breaker in British political history. We will fund social care

properly, we will have a national social care system, and please

understand the stress that families and individuals go through.

Individuals, often the elderly and alone, stuck in hospital beds

because they cannot get the care they need. Families stressed out

because a relative cannot get the support they need, and people,

work to care for them. Those with work to care for them. Those with

multiple needs disabled children or those with learning difficulties not

getting the support they need. Social care, I think, is fundamental

to how you live in a decent civilised society. We are determined

to achieve a good quality social care system that takes stress away

from people. On the attitude the Prime Minister takes towards

negotiations, I certainly would not use language like that myself. I

think it's totally inappropriate to describe anyone as naked. Even me.

We will approach the negotiations as I have set out in a very serious

way. Primarily to gain and continue this

tariff free access to the EU market. But we are not approaching

negotiations by threatening Europe. By threatening that if you do not

give us everything we want on day one, we will walk away, slash

corporation tax, given lots of giveaways to very big corporations

in order to set up some kind of rival tax haven on the shores of

Europe. We are leaving the EU, we are still going to have to have a

relationship with Europe in the future. That will be the basis of

our negotiations. We will approach them obviously immediately after the

election on those principal basis. We have been reaching out already.

Keir Starmer has visited most of the capitals across Europe, met the

27 parliaments are going to have to 27 parliaments are going to have to

ultimately vote on this as well as the European Parliament. Of course

the commission as well. We have been standing up for the needs of the

economy and people of this country but we will be having sensible and

serious negotiations, and that is our determination to achieve that

tariff free access to the European market. On the points that Kate

raised, yes, I met many people in Northern Ireland over many years. On

both sides, I had long conversations with David Ervine. And others. Who

had out of the different traditions in Northern Ireland. But let's be

positive. A peace process was achieved. By the leaders of all of

the major parties, stepping out of their comfort zone in order to meet

each other and agree a long-term peace strategy. Absolutely

remarkable achievement. It's been used as a template for peace

processes in other parts of the world. I think it is something a lot

of people should be very proud of, that that was achieved, because the

alternative is to go back to the horrors of the troubles, the horrors

of the suspension of so much of the normal liberties of people in

Northern Ireland, because of the troubles at that time. Let's be

positive at the achievements that were made during that period. This

conference is about our future, it is about health, it is about

election, our party is putting election, our party is putting

something positive forward, confident, hopeful and optimistic

for the people of Britain. We are not threatening with another five

years of cuts, closures and loss of jobs and lower wages. That is the

difference between us and the Conservatives. The final word,

Angie? Since being elected to Parliament two years ago, I have

talked a lot about my upbringing and the fact that I grew up on a council

estate and my mum could not read or write. The deprivation that I saw

when I was going up. I do not do it because I'm extraordinary, I do it

to show how ordinary I am. I do it to tell the British public about

what the National education service that Labour are producing will mean

to them. The sure start centres that Labour instigated in the last

government that allowed me to be a better parent enabled me to be a

good mum at 16. I'm proud of Labour's legacy and I'm hurt, and

other communities are hurt, by the devastation of the cuts and the

losses to that programme. The childcare, working for barely any

money as a woman to keep a foot on the ladder, the career ladder,

because we know if we leave our careers to go off we will not be

able to continue. That inequality grows in our country. Many working

families across the UK cannot afford the childcare in this country. Our

National education service and our announcement yesterday on the 30

hours of free childcare for all two to four-year-olds and the investment

back into our sure start centres shows you that under Labour,

children like me, all children, adults across the UK, will get those

opportunities. I think that is what Britain is asking for, demanding,

and the Tories will tell you you can have it. Well, Britain. You can.

It's your judgment on junior eight. Vote Labour and the change. Thank

you. Passion and pragmatism in one leap. Thanks everybody.

The 2017 general election is upon us. Every day BBC Parliament will

have key speeches from the main players, awful and uncut, as