:00:22. > :01:07.Good morning and welcome to the launch of the Conservative Party
:01:08. > :01:13.manifesto in Wales and it was in north Wales the Prime Minister had
:01:14. > :01:16.the plans to call a general election in the national interest.
:01:17. > :01:23.Our plan for a stronger Wales, stronger Britain and prosperous
:01:24. > :01:28.future. As we leave the European Union, union of the United Kingdom
:01:29. > :01:35.is more important now than ever before, and as Secretary of State, I
:01:36. > :01:39.have seen it first hand, the Prime Minister's commitment to Wales and
:01:40. > :01:44.the union. Since her very first speech on the steps of Downing
:01:45. > :01:49.Street, Theresa May has put the union at the heart of her programme
:01:50. > :01:55.for government. And we have a strong record in Wales. City, region deals
:01:56. > :02:00.in Cardiff and Swansea with a commitment to a north Wales growth
:02:01. > :02:04.deal. Investment in railways with plans to modernise across Wales, and
:02:05. > :02:07.a fair funding formula, something many had complained about for
:02:08. > :02:11.decades but it was this Prime Minister who agreed a new funding
:02:12. > :02:19.settlement for Wales within her first six months in office. But this
:02:20. > :02:26.manifesto is about our future, and whatever plans we have, making a
:02:27. > :02:35.success of Brexit will be key. It essential to our economy, central to
:02:36. > :02:42.our future stability and security. At this time of change, change that
:02:43. > :02:46.could threaten the union, it has never been more important to have a
:02:47. > :02:52.strong and stable leadership in the national interest. A Prime Minister
:02:53. > :02:56.that is ready to take the difficult decisions and ready to face 27
:02:57. > :03:03.nations that could be lining up to oppose us. I have the privilege to
:03:04. > :03:08.introduce someone that is a true friend of Wales, a true champion of
:03:09. > :03:13.the union, and someone that will always act in the interests of our
:03:14. > :03:18.whole country. Please welcome the Prime Minister.
:03:19. > :03:36.APPLAUSE Thank you very much and it is good
:03:37. > :03:43.to be here in Wrexham today with just 17 days to go until this
:03:44. > :03:48.crucial general election. Just 11 days after that, the European Union
:03:49. > :03:57.wants the Brexit negotiations to begin. The UK's seat at the
:03:58. > :04:03.negotiating table will be filled by me or Jeremy Corbyn. The deal we
:04:04. > :04:07.seek negotiated by me or Jeremy Corbyn. There will be no time to
:04:08. > :04:12.waste and no time for a new government to find its way so the
:04:13. > :04:17.stakes in this election are high. Our future prosperity, our standard
:04:18. > :04:21.of living, our place in the world, and the opportunities we want for
:04:22. > :04:26.our children and our children's children are either in the strong
:04:27. > :04:31.hand you grant me by supporting my candidates in this election or the
:04:32. > :04:35.weak hand off Jeremy Corbyn backed by the Liberal Democrats, Plaid
:04:36. > :04:42.Cymru and the SNP who don't want Brexit to succeed. It is your
:04:43. > :04:47.choice, your decision. Every vote for me and my team in this election
:04:48. > :04:53.will be a vote to strengthen my hand in the negotiations to come. Every
:04:54. > :04:59.vote for any other party - Labour, the Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru -
:05:00. > :05:02.is a vote to send Jeremy Corbyn into the negotiating chamber on our
:05:03. > :05:10.behalf and that is the stark reality of the choice we must focus on over
:05:11. > :05:16.the next 17 days. Because our future prosperity depends on getting the
:05:17. > :05:23.next five years right. That's why we need someone representing Britain
:05:24. > :05:29.who is 100% committed to the cause. Not someone who is uncertain or
:05:30. > :05:32.unsure, but someone utterly determined to deliver the democratic
:05:33. > :05:36.will of the British people, because if we don't get this right, the
:05:37. > :05:40.consequences for the United Kingdom and for the economic security of
:05:41. > :05:48.ordinary working people will be dire. If we do, the opportunities
:05:49. > :05:52.ahead are great. The Welsh Conservative manifesto I launched
:05:53. > :05:58.today is a plan to make the most of the opportunities together. It is a
:05:59. > :06:02.plan to make Wales and our union stronger. For this manifesto sets
:06:03. > :06:09.out a vision of Britain around which I believe we can all unite. It is
:06:10. > :06:14.the mainstream manifesto of a mainstream party determined to
:06:15. > :06:19.deliver for mainstream Britain. And to all those who work hard and make
:06:20. > :06:26.this country what it is, I say this - if you have a job but don't always
:06:27. > :06:30.have job security, I am backing you. If you own your own home but worry
:06:31. > :06:35.about paying the mortgage, I am backing you. If you can just about
:06:36. > :06:39.manage but worry about the cost of living and getting your children
:06:40. > :06:44.into a good school, I am backing you. If you feel you have been let
:06:45. > :06:54.down and left behind by politics and government for far too long, I am
:06:55. > :06:59.backing you. APPLAUSE
:07:00. > :07:10.And to all the decent men, women and families you meet in countless towns
:07:11. > :07:15.and villages across Wales and the country, I am backing you. To those
:07:16. > :07:21.for whom life is often much harder than many seem to think or realise,
:07:22. > :07:26.I am backing you. For those who want to do their best for their children
:07:27. > :07:31.and given a fair chance to get on, I am backing you. I am backing those
:07:32. > :07:36.who want a more secure and full life. I am backing those whose only
:07:37. > :07:41.wish is that the children will do better than themselves, and to those
:07:42. > :07:47.who look to the Government and politicians for little help and
:07:48. > :07:51.support, I am backing you too. Because too often in the past,
:07:52. > :07:59.ordinary working people have found the help and support they need just
:08:00. > :08:03.isn't there. And I know that sense of disenchantment is particularly
:08:04. > :08:08.acute here in Wales. We saw that when people here in Wrexham and
:08:09. > :08:12.across Wales chose to ignore the hysterical warnings of labour, Plaid
:08:13. > :08:18.Cymru and Liberal Democrat politicians in Cardiff Bay and voted
:08:19. > :08:22.to leave the EU. We see it now in the way the same politicians refuse
:08:23. > :08:28.to accept that vote as they try to find new ways to put obstacles in
:08:29. > :08:35.our way and the cause of that emerging golf is clear - it is
:08:36. > :08:51.because the Labour Party has taken people in Wales granted for decades.
:08:52. > :08:58.They have been charging Cardiff Bay for nearly 20 years. Some
:08:59. > :09:04.Parliamentary constituencies have returned nothing but a Labour MP for
:09:05. > :09:11.a century or more. Welsh Labour have come to believe they have a right to
:09:12. > :09:15.govern. Yet during their time in charge, the performance of Wales'
:09:16. > :09:22.public services has fallen further and further behind. The Welsh NHS is
:09:23. > :09:26.failing because Labour cut its budget. The A waiting times and
:09:27. > :09:34.cancer treatment targets haven't been met for nearly a decade. '
:09:35. > :09:40.it is little wonder Welsh voters chose to send a message to the
:09:41. > :09:46.politicians in the referendum last June. That should have been a
:09:47. > :09:50.wake-up call, but it wasn't. Labour, Plaid Cymru and Liberal Democrat
:09:51. > :09:55.politicians ignored Wales instead. Worse, they closed ranks with Plaid
:09:56. > :10:00.Cymru propping up Labour in Wales in order to defend the status quo, as
:10:01. > :10:06.they are determined to do in Westminster too. That would put
:10:07. > :10:10.Jeremy Corbyn in power in a coalition of chaos, and you don't
:10:11. > :10:16.negotiate the right Brexit deal for Britain from a position of weakness.
:10:17. > :10:21.Jeremy Corbyn's coalition of chaos would deliver higher taxes, higher
:10:22. > :10:25.debt and higher unemployment. Labour's policies may have been
:10:26. > :10:30.written by Jeremy Corbyn in London, but the people of Wales will get the
:10:31. > :10:35.bill. But it's not just that Jeremy Corbyn is too weak and shambolic to
:10:36. > :10:38.get the right deal for Britain in Europe, not just that his fantasy
:10:39. > :10:45.manifesto would leave families across Wales picking up the bill, it
:10:46. > :10:50.is also that even traditional Labour supporters, people like those in
:10:51. > :10:54.Wrexham and across Wales who have loyally given the Labour Party
:10:55. > :10:58.allegiance for generations, people taught by their parents and
:10:59. > :11:03.grandparents that Labour was a party that shared their values and stood
:11:04. > :11:09.up for the community, they look at what Jeremy Corbyn believes and they
:11:10. > :11:13.are appalled. They see a party that once believed in hard work, now
:11:14. > :11:19.headed by Jeremy Corbyn who wants to crush aspirations and desert those
:11:20. > :11:25.who hope for a better life. A party that once stood for our union of
:11:26. > :11:27.Nations, now headed by a man who is willing to collaborate with
:11:28. > :11:33.separatists in order to get into power. A Labour Party that first
:11:34. > :11:38.established or independent nuclear deterrent to keep our country safe,
:11:39. > :11:43.now led by a man who wants to get rid of it and even talks about
:11:44. > :11:48.abolishing the army. The prospect of him walking through the door of
:11:49. > :11:54.Number Ten, flanked by an avowed Marxist like John McDonnell and an
:11:55. > :12:00.incompetent Diane Abbott, all propped up by the Liberal Democrats,
:12:01. > :12:11.Plaid Cymru and others, should scare us all.
:12:12. > :12:18.APPLAUSE The risk is real and the stakes are high. A loss of just six
:12:19. > :12:23.seats will cost the Government majority and create a hung
:12:24. > :12:29.parliament. Just six fewer MPs means a hung parliament in which the minor
:12:30. > :12:36.parties will flock to prop up Jeremy Corbyn. That will deliver nothing
:12:37. > :12:39.but chaos. It means Jeremy Corbyn imposed as Prime Minister, propped
:12:40. > :12:46.up by the Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru Anderson P, all of whom oppose the
:12:47. > :12:52.decision to leave the EU and want to fight to keep us in. And who knows
:12:53. > :12:54.what deals Jeremy Corbyn will do to get the support, because we know he
:12:55. > :13:01.would do anything to get their support. And after the weekend, we
:13:02. > :13:06.now know the tactics he is prepared to adopt to get into Number Ten. He
:13:07. > :13:12.has no strong plan for Britain, which takes on the country's
:13:13. > :13:17.long-term challenges like I have. He wants to sneak over the line by
:13:18. > :13:19.manipulating the fears of old and vulnerable people and falsely
:13:20. > :13:25.claiming families will lose their house as a result of our social care
:13:26. > :13:27.policy. That is shameful, and it is a shameful abdication of
:13:28. > :13:42.responsibility. So today, I want to put an end to
:13:43. > :13:48.Jeremy Corbyn's fake claims and clarify any doubts about our social
:13:49. > :13:53.care policy and the family home. My manifesto is honest and upfront
:13:54. > :13:57.about our challenges. It includes plans to strengthen the social care
:13:58. > :14:01.system with more unsustainable funding to cope with the long-term
:14:02. > :14:06.pressures caused by the fact that we are an ageing society. Jeremy Corbyn
:14:07. > :14:12.wants to duck this reality and play politics. But there will be 2
:14:13. > :14:19.million more people over 75 years old in Britain over the next decade
:14:20. > :14:24.alone. Our social care system will collapse unless we make some
:14:25. > :14:30.important decisions now about how we fund it. That is why we have two
:14:31. > :14:36.act. And it is why, to give people security, we included in our plans,
:14:37. > :14:41.measures to make sure that nobody has to sell the family home to play
:14:42. > :14:47.-- to pay for care. And we also said that we would protect ?100,000 of
:14:48. > :14:53.your savings. So however expensive your care, you can pass something
:14:54. > :14:57.onto your family. Let's be clear. This plan replaces the existing
:14:58. > :15:02.system, where people often get poor quality care and stand to lose
:15:03. > :15:08.almost all their savings and assets including the family home. This plan
:15:09. > :15:11.addresses the worry people have when they have a loved one with a
:15:12. > :15:15.long-term condition and they don't know how they are going to afford to
:15:16. > :15:21.care for them. So these are good and sensible plans. They provide the
:15:22. > :15:26.beginning of a solution to social care, without increasing taxes on
:15:27. > :15:32.younger generations. And I should say, we are the only party in this
:15:33. > :15:38.election prepared to face up to the reality of our ageing society and
:15:39. > :15:41.offer a long-term solution. But since my manifesto was published,
:15:42. > :15:47.the proposals have been subject to fake claims made by Jeremy Corbyn.
:15:48. > :15:52.The only things he has left to offer in this campaign are fake claims,
:15:53. > :15:57.fear and scaremongering. So I want to make a further point clear. This
:15:58. > :16:02.manifesto says that we will come forward with a consultation paper. A
:16:03. > :16:05.government Green paper. And that consultation will include an
:16:06. > :16:11.absolute limit on the amount people have to pay for their care costs. So
:16:12. > :16:16.let me reiterate, we're proposing the right funding model for social
:16:17. > :16:19.care. We will make sure nobody has to sell their family home to pay for
:16:20. > :16:23.care. We will make sure there is an absolute limit on what people need
:16:24. > :16:28.to pay. And you will never have to go below ?100,000 of your savings,
:16:29. > :16:36.so you will always have something to pass on to your family. And what is
:16:37. > :16:41.Jeremy Corbyn's plan? He promises a nonsensical fantasy policy that can
:16:42. > :16:45.only be funded through massive tax rises on younger generations. In
:16:46. > :16:50.fact, just recently, he threatened to increase the basic rate of income
:16:51. > :16:55.tax for millions of people from 20 to 25%, to fund social care. That
:16:56. > :16:59.tells you everything you need to know about Jeremy Corbyn's answer to
:17:00. > :17:04.the problem. The alternative is that he sticks to the status quo, which
:17:05. > :17:11.too often provide support care and leaves old and vulnerable people
:17:12. > :17:14.having to sell their family homes. This manifesto, our -- our
:17:15. > :17:19.manifesto, provides a better way. With it I am leading Britain while
:17:20. > :17:23.Mr Corbyn is simply scaremongering among the elderly and the
:17:24. > :17:27.vulnerable. It is a strong forays -- plan for a stronger union and a
:17:28. > :17:31.stronger Wales. It plan to respond to and deliver on the concerns of
:17:32. > :17:36.ordinary working people everywhere. A plan to build a country that works
:17:37. > :17:42.for everyone not the privileged few. It is a detailed programme for
:17:43. > :17:45.government. Rooted in the hopes and aspirations of ordinary working
:17:46. > :17:51.people in towns and cities across the country. A clear plan to meet
:17:52. > :17:56.the big challenges we face together. Because unlike the other parties, we
:17:57. > :18:02.are being upfront and honest with the British people about the scale
:18:03. > :18:08.of the task we face. That is what leadership is about. Not ducking the
:18:09. > :18:13.big decisions. Painting grand and fantastical visions, pretending you
:18:14. > :18:16.can have something for nothing, and no difficult decisions need to be
:18:17. > :18:20.made. Leadership means being straight with people about the
:18:21. > :18:27.challenges ahead and the hard work required to overcome them. And that
:18:28. > :18:32.is what this manifesto does. It sets out the five great challenges faced
:18:33. > :18:37.by our country. One, the need for a strong economy. Two, responded to
:18:38. > :18:41.Brexit and a changing world. Three, tackling enduring social divisions.
:18:42. > :18:47.Four, responding to an ageing society. And five, facing up to fast
:18:48. > :18:52.changing technology. And it sets out what we will do to address each one.
:18:53. > :18:56.And these are challenges that we all face, right across our United
:18:57. > :19:00.Kingdom. And the lesson of Britain's history is that we all do best when
:19:01. > :19:06.we tackle challenges together. United. That is how we have overcome
:19:07. > :19:13.obstacles in the past. And that is how we will make a success of our
:19:14. > :19:16.future. In setting out our plan, we are offering a vision for our United
:19:17. > :19:20.Kingdom not just for the next five years, but for the years and decades
:19:21. > :19:25.beyond. A country where everyone has the economic security they need and
:19:26. > :19:30.the chance to live a secure and full life. A prosperous country, where
:19:31. > :19:39.each generation can do better than the last. But that all starts with
:19:40. > :19:44.getting the right Brexit deal. One that works for the whole United
:19:45. > :19:51.Kingdom. When I sit down with the Prime Minister's -- PMs, chancellors
:19:52. > :19:54.of Europe, I would do so as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
:19:55. > :19:57.and Northern Ireland. When I fight for the best deal, it will be a deal
:19:58. > :20:00.that works for the whole of the United Kingdom. And when I talk
:20:01. > :20:05.about a better future for our country, I mean the whole United
:20:06. > :20:09.Kingdom. Because unlike Jeremy Corbyn, I believe heart and soul in
:20:10. > :20:14.this great union of Nations. And if you give me your backing to
:20:15. > :20:17.represent you at the negotiating table in Europe in the months ahead,
:20:18. > :20:23.I will fight for every person in this United Kingdom. Young and old,
:20:24. > :20:26.rich and poor, city, town, country, and all the villages and hamlets in
:20:27. > :20:30.between. It is my fierce determination to get the right deal
:20:31. > :20:36.for every single person in this country. And every vote for me and
:20:37. > :20:39.my team in this election will strengthen my hand at the
:20:40. > :20:45.negotiations and help me deliver the right deal for Britain. A vote for
:20:46. > :20:52.anyone else is a vote to send Jeremy Corbyn to represent us in Europe
:20:53. > :20:55.instead. Because it may say Labour, Liberal Democrat or Plaid Cymru on
:20:56. > :21:02.the ballot, but it is Jeremy Corbyn that gets the vote. And if we get
:21:03. > :21:05.Brexit right, if we are strong in our negotiations with the EU, we can
:21:06. > :21:11.do more to build a stronger Britain and a stronger Wales here at home.
:21:12. > :21:16.Too often in the past, UK governments have tended to devolve
:21:17. > :21:21.and forget. The government Eilidh will put that right. That is why
:21:22. > :21:26.this manifesto contains clear commitments to spread opportunity
:21:27. > :21:29.and prosperity beyond London and the south-east, and to improve the
:21:30. > :21:36.economic security of people here in Wales. Why it includes a specific
:21:37. > :21:38.commitment to bring forward in North Wales growth deal, connecting North
:21:39. > :21:43.Wales with Northern England, to encourage cross-border working,
:21:44. > :21:47.building on the success of the Cardiff City deal, and Swansea Bay
:21:48. > :21:51.city deal that I signed in south Wales just a few weeks ago. It is
:21:52. > :21:54.why we are committed to bringing down the barriers to trade and
:21:55. > :21:59.commerce between South Wales and the wider UK, by scrapping the tolls on
:22:00. > :22:05.the Severn crossings for good. Helping 25 million drivers who use
:22:06. > :22:09.the crossings every year, and providing a ?100 million boost to
:22:10. > :22:13.the local economy. It is why we will introduce a new UK chaired
:22:14. > :22:17.prosperity fund, replacing ineffective and restrictive EU
:22:18. > :22:22.structural funds with a new targeted scheme, whose sole purpose would be
:22:23. > :22:27.to reduce the inequalities that exist within and between the four
:22:28. > :22:31.nations of our United Kingdom. And it is why as we leave the European
:22:32. > :22:36.Union, we will ensure that power sits close to the people of the UK
:22:37. > :22:40.than ever before. That is why as powers are repatriated to the UK, we
:22:41. > :22:48.expect to be able to increase the decision-making powers of the well
:22:49. > :22:55.Scotland. As long as no new barriers are created between a rowing union.
:22:56. > :22:59.We will ensure the industrial strategy will benefit people, towns
:23:00. > :23:03.and businesses across Wales. That will help to create the high
:23:04. > :23:06.skilled, highly paid jobs of the future. And give our young people
:23:07. > :23:11.every chance of getting on and leading a full and happy life. As
:23:12. > :23:15.Prime Minister of this United Kingdom, that is what I want
:23:16. > :23:23.everyone our country. That is because of a simple truth. Across
:23:24. > :23:26.the United Kingdom, we may be four nations. But at heart we are one
:23:27. > :23:29.people. And we achieve more together.
:23:30. > :23:49.APPLAUSE. We all have a stake in each other's
:23:50. > :23:54.success. We all have a stake in our shared future. That is why this
:23:55. > :23:58.election is so important. Because this election more than any other is
:23:59. > :24:04.about the long-term future of our country. Not just about the next
:24:05. > :24:09.five years. But the years beyond. Not just about our future but the
:24:10. > :24:14.future of our children and our children's children, too. We can get
:24:15. > :24:18.the best possible deal from Brexit. We can redouble our efforts to make
:24:19. > :24:24.things better here at home. And we can show that with hard work, with a
:24:25. > :24:28.clear vision and the right plan, a mainstream, active, determined
:24:29. > :24:32.government can deliver a better, more secure future for ordinary
:24:33. > :24:42.working people across this land. We need strong and stable leadership to
:24:43. > :24:47.do it. There are just 17 days to go. 11 days after that, the Europeans
:24:48. > :24:52.want the Brexit talks to begin. And the UK's seat at the negotiating
:24:53. > :24:58.table will be filled by me or Jeremy Corbyn. The deal will -- we seek,
:24:59. > :25:04.negotiated by me, or Jeremy Corbyn. They will be no time to waste. And
:25:05. > :25:10.no time for a new government to find its way. So focus on that choice.
:25:11. > :25:15.Support my candidates here in Wales. Give me the strong hand I need to
:25:16. > :25:22.deliver Brexit. Give me that strong hand and I will deliver for Britain.
:25:23. > :25:26.Give me your support. And with confidence in ourselves, and with a
:25:27. > :25:31.unity of purpose in our country, we can and we will go forward together.
:25:32. > :25:58.APPLAUSE. Thank you. Thank you very much.
:25:59. > :26:06.Thank you. Thank you. Now I will take some questions from the media.
:26:07. > :26:11.Laura... Thank you, Prime Minister. Laura Kuenssberg, BBC News. You have
:26:12. > :26:14.today again, and repeatedly through this campaign, attacked Jeremy
:26:15. > :26:21.Corbyn forbidding on and unsure come to use your phrase. -- for being
:26:22. > :26:24.uncertain. But you have just announced a significant change to
:26:25. > :26:27.what was announced in your manifesto, to say there will now be
:26:28. > :26:31.the possibility of a cab on social care. That was not in the plans
:26:32. > :26:36.announced four days ago. That does not look strong and stable, does it?
:26:37. > :26:41.Looks rather like panic in the face of opposition. And can you tell us
:26:42. > :26:47.today where the cab on social care costs will be set?
:26:48. > :26:53.What we set out in our manifesto is a long-term plan for securing a
:26:54. > :27:00.sustainable future. Schalke in this country. So I said, if you look at
:27:01. > :27:04.the figures, the number of over 75-year-old, two million more within
:27:05. > :27:08.the next decade, our social care system will collapse unless we
:27:09. > :27:13.address this problem, and we cannot leave it to the future, we have to
:27:14. > :27:17.start dealing with it now. That is why I want to fix it and I am going
:27:18. > :27:21.to fix it, and the plans that we set out with very clear in the
:27:22. > :27:26.manifesto, you can look in the manifesto, Laura, I think it was
:27:27. > :27:29.page 6465, we said we would issue a green paper, and within that we will
:27:30. > :27:36.be consulting on the details of the proposals and the principles that we
:27:37. > :27:39.have set out. What is important is that we have seen, over the last few
:27:40. > :27:45.days, Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party trying to scare vulnerable and
:27:46. > :27:48.elderly people by telling them, and trying to suggest, that they would
:27:49. > :27:53.lose their family homes to pay for their care. Nobody is going to have
:27:54. > :27:58.to pay for their care, nobody is going to have to, while they are
:27:59. > :28:03.alive, nobody is going to have to lose their family home. We will
:28:04. > :28:10.ensure that people are able to pass on savings to their children. That
:28:11. > :28:17.is the proposals that we have put forward. It is the right way to deal
:28:18. > :28:19.with this problem that we all face, and we need to deal with it now.
:28:20. > :28:34.APPLAUSE Robert, Sky?
:28:35. > :28:38.Thanks very much, Robert Nisbet from Sky News. You talk about a coalition
:28:39. > :28:43.of chaos, but isn't this a manifesto of chaos now? What else are you
:28:44. > :28:47.going to clarify within the next few days? And what message do you think
:28:48. > :28:49.this is sending out to those Prime Ministers and chancellors around
:28:50. > :28:54.Europe that you are prepared to be so flexible with what you originally
:28:55. > :29:02.set down in stone? I think the message that our manifesto sets out
:29:03. > :29:05.is that, as a party and as a leader, I and we the party are prepared to
:29:06. > :29:10.be honest with people about the challenges that we face, and are
:29:11. > :29:14.prepared to set forward the hard decisions that have to be taken, but
:29:15. > :29:17.a way forward that ensures we are looking after the interests of
:29:18. > :29:21.ordinary working people across this country. And I think what people
:29:22. > :29:26.will see across this country is that they do you have a choice. They have
:29:27. > :29:30.a choice between Jeremy Corbyn being propped up by votes for any other
:29:31. > :29:33.party in this country, or a government led by me which will
:29:34. > :29:37.provide that strong and stable leadership, which will ensure that
:29:38. > :29:41.we are being honest with each other about the challenges we face, and
:29:42. > :29:45.have a plan to fix those. That is the aborted thing. We will fix those
:29:46. > :29:53.challenges, we will address them, and we will also build a stronger
:29:54. > :29:58.Britain and a better future. Emily. Prime Minister, Emily Morgan, ITV
:29:59. > :30:01.Use. You say you are prepared to take the difficult decisions, but
:30:02. > :30:06.you have just buckled under pressure over your social care plans. Isn't
:30:07. > :30:11.this U-turn just a cynical attempt to stop voters leaving you in
:30:12. > :30:15.droves? Look, first of all, let's be clear - we have not changed the
:30:16. > :30:19.principles that we set out in the manifesto. We are very clear about
:30:20. > :30:25.the principles on which this system will operate and will be based. What
:30:26. > :30:28.we have done is clarified that, in the green paper, which will be a
:30:29. > :30:32.consultation document, we will have a upper limit, absolute limit on the
:30:33. > :30:36.amount that people will pay for care. But the basic principles
:30:37. > :30:40.remain absolutely the same as when they were put in the manifesto and
:30:41. > :30:44.announced last week, that nobody is going to have to pay for their care
:30:45. > :30:49.while they are alive, that nobody is going to have to have their family
:30:50. > :30:55.homes sold while they are living in it, and that everybody will be able,
:30:56. > :30:59.where they have that, to pass ?100,000 onto their families. That
:31:00. > :31:05.is four times the limit that currently exists at the moment. This
:31:06. > :31:08.is a good arrangement, it ensures that people can pass savings to
:31:09. > :31:12.their families, it ensures they have the peace of mind, rather than
:31:13. > :31:15.sitting there month after month, worrying about the money going out
:31:16. > :31:18.of their bank account to pay for their care, worrying about what is
:31:19. > :31:24.going to happen in the future, this takes that worry away from people.
:31:25. > :31:27.But it also ensures that we have a sustainable system for funding
:31:28. > :31:31.social care for the future. That is the challenge we need to address, we
:31:32. > :31:41.are the only party that is doing it. Michael. Michael Crick, Channel 4
:31:42. > :31:47.News. I don't recall a U-turn on a manifesto in any election campaign.
:31:48. > :31:54.Now we've had national insurance and this. As Margaret Thatcher might
:31:55. > :31:59.have said, you turn if you want for turning, the lady is for turning -
:32:00. > :32:03.doesn't this show that you are really weak and waffly, not strong
:32:04. > :32:08.and stable? Can you give an idea of what the cap will be, 100,000,
:32:09. > :32:13.200,000, half a million? Don't the people of this country have a right
:32:14. > :32:21.to know what the cap will be? We have not changed the principles of
:32:22. > :32:26.the policy that we set out in our manifesto. Those policies... Those
:32:27. > :32:29.policies remain exactly the same. There will be aspects of how this
:32:30. > :32:33.operates that we will consult on through the green paper. We were
:32:34. > :32:36.honest that we were going to have a green paper and we would be
:32:37. > :32:43.consulting people on how the system operates. What we have done, which
:32:44. > :32:47.other parties have singularly failed to do, is to recognise the challenge
:32:48. > :32:52.that we face, to respect the needs and concerns of the British people,
:32:53. > :32:56.and to provide a long-term plan for sustainable social care, which means
:32:57. > :33:00.that elderly people in this country won't have to worry about how their
:33:01. > :33:06.social care will be paid for in the future. Now, do we have the daily
:33:07. > :33:13.post here before I go to the...? Yes. Shane Brennan, Daily Post. What
:33:14. > :33:17.guarantees can you give the Welsh farmers and manufacturers that they
:33:18. > :33:22.will have access to tariff free markets after Brexit? Well, we want
:33:23. > :33:27.to insure that we'd negotiate a comprehensive free trade agreement
:33:28. > :33:31.with the European Union. We want that, I mean, obviously, we will be
:33:32. > :33:34.working to have as tariff free and frictionless a trade arrangement
:33:35. > :33:40.with the rest of the remaining member states of the European Union
:33:41. > :33:43.after we leave the EU. What we will also provide for Welsh farmers, and
:33:44. > :33:47.for farmers across the United Kingdom, is we will be able, across
:33:48. > :33:52.the United Kingdom, to decide the support system for farming that
:33:53. > :33:55.actually works for Welsh farmers, for farmers across the rest of the
:33:56. > :34:00.United Kingdom. It will be a system that simply else has devised for a
:34:01. > :34:03.wider group, it will be for us to be able to have that system of support
:34:04. > :34:13.for farmers and to ensure that the support being provided is as
:34:14. > :34:17.effective as possible. Chris. Chris Hope, the Telegraph. Two quick
:34:18. > :34:22.questions, yes or no, will anything else in the manifesto change between
:34:23. > :34:26.now and Juliet? Second question, quickly, why, as Home Secretary, did
:34:27. > :34:31.you grant asylum to the Libyan man arrested by police for the murder of
:34:32. > :34:38.Yvonne Fletcher? Well, on the latter point, there are rules about how
:34:39. > :34:42.asylum is granted, and any decisions that are taken are taken legally and
:34:43. > :34:48.in accordance with the law of this country. And on the first question,
:34:49. > :34:52.nothing has changed! Nothing has changed. We are offering a long-term
:34:53. > :34:58.solution for the sustainability of social care for the future. We are
:34:59. > :35:02.ensuring that people, elderly people, will not have to worry, they
:35:03. > :35:07.will be able to ensure that their care, whether it is in the home or
:35:08. > :35:10.for them to go into a home, is being paid for and they won't have to
:35:11. > :35:15.worry about those bills month after month after month. And they will
:35:16. > :35:20.have the confidence of knowing that they can pass ?100,000 of savings on
:35:21. > :35:25.to their children. Nothing has changed. We will consult on how the
:35:26. > :35:34.system operates, and we will do that through a green paper. Er... Anybody
:35:35. > :35:41.else? Sorry, I can't see, I think that was the last hand. Jessica
:35:42. > :35:46.Alcock, the Guardian. In case I am missing something, this dementia tax
:35:47. > :35:51.would apply to someone who dies a longer death from dementia, but if
:35:52. > :35:55.you dialogue and death from cancer, you would have the inheritance tax
:35:56. > :36:02.threshold as ?1 million, whereas it reduces to 100,000 in this case,
:36:03. > :36:06.that is still the case, isn't it? Go you are using terms that have been
:36:07. > :36:10.used by the Labour Party to try and scare people in this country. This
:36:11. > :36:14.is a system that will ensure people who are faced with the prospect of
:36:15. > :36:19.either requiring care in their own home more or needing to go into a
:36:20. > :36:23.home for care, are able to see that support provided for them and don't
:36:24. > :36:26.have to worry that month by month basis about where the funding is
:36:27. > :36:32.coming. They won't have to sell their family home while they are
:36:33. > :36:35.alive, they won't have to be worrying, as I say, about those sums
:36:36. > :36:38.of money going out of the bag account each month, and they will be
:36:39. > :36:44.up to pass savings on to their children. This is... This is a
:36:45. > :36:48.policy which ensures sustainability for our social care system going
:36:49. > :36:54.into the future, and we need that, because our system will collapse,
:36:55. > :36:59.with our ageing society, unless we do take the decisions we need. As I
:37:00. > :37:03.said, when I was speaking, the only suggestion that Jeremy Corbyn made
:37:04. > :37:08.about paying for social care was to put up the taxes, the basic rate of
:37:09. > :37:10.tax from ?20 up to 25p so younger generations would have been paying
:37:11. > :37:45.for that. Thank you. APPLAUSE
:37:46. > :37:50.I wanted to talk about protecting older people.
:37:51. > :37:52.The Conservative plan to confiscate assets pound for pound from elderly
:37:53. > :37:54.people