:18:40. > :18:52.Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Doctor Sheila Coleman.
:18:53. > :19:05.APPLAUSE Thank you. I am a resident of the top step in the south of the
:19:06. > :19:11.city. I have lived and worked in Liverpool all my life. It has been
:19:12. > :19:16.an honour for us to host the Labour Party conference of 2016 and I hope
:19:17. > :19:31.you have all enjoyed our city, the culture... APPLAUSE. The culture,
:19:32. > :19:43.the nightlife and our warm Liverpool welcome. Liverpool is a brave,
:19:44. > :19:49.courageous and progressive city. We as Scousers unite in solidarity to
:19:50. > :19:58.welcome visitors. We also unite in solidarity when our people are hurt.
:19:59. > :20:02.The Hillsborough disaster was an injustice and avoidable. I am not
:20:03. > :20:08.one of the bereaved families but I have been involved with others in
:20:09. > :20:21.campaigning for truth and justice to be established since 1989. APPLAUSE.
:20:22. > :20:27.I and others knew that by standing with families and survivors of the
:20:28. > :20:36.disaster who were telling us what had happened, that one day, the
:20:37. > :20:42.truth would be acknowledged and one day, we would secure justice. We did
:20:43. > :20:48.not think it would take 27 years to have the verdict overturned but that
:20:49. > :20:54.was how long we were prepared to go. From the very beginning, Liverpool
:20:55. > :20:58.Labour council established the Hillsborough disaster working party
:20:59. > :21:02.and supported those fighting for the truth. And I acknowledge them
:21:03. > :21:08.because without them, a lot of the early work could not have been done
:21:09. > :21:13.without that practical and moral support. In the latter years, Labour
:21:14. > :21:20.worked with aggrieved families to help secure justice for Hillsborough
:21:21. > :21:24.and in so doing, assisted in affording the dead of Hillsborough
:21:25. > :21:31.the respect that had long been denied. I am a member of the
:21:32. > :21:37.Hillsborough Justice campaign, a grassroots campaign born out of the
:21:38. > :21:44.fundamental injustice. We are proof that campaigns that are rooted in
:21:45. > :21:47.our communities lead to success. Jeremy Corbyn's re-election is the
:21:48. > :22:11.key to your success. APPLAUSE. Jeremy has energised our communities
:22:12. > :22:15.and brought on board a new generation of people who previously
:22:16. > :22:26.were disillusioned with politics. APPLAUSE.
:22:27. > :22:51.Please, unite behind your socialist leader! APPLAUSE. He is the Leader.
:22:52. > :22:56.He is also a leader who reflects what is good about my city. He is
:22:57. > :23:09.honest, proud and strong and he never gives in. APPLAUSE.
:23:10. > :23:18.Comrades, when Jeremy takes to the platform in a few minutes, please
:23:19. > :23:24.give him the huge Scouse welcome he deserves and has earned but first,
:23:25. > :25:03.let us watch a short film relevant to this conference. Thank you.
:25:04. > :25:13.APPLAUSE. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Leader of the
:25:14. > :26:30.Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn! APPLAUSE.
:26:31. > :26:46.Thank you. Thank you so much for that welcome and that introduction.
:26:47. > :26:51.This hall is absolutely packed here today in Liverpool and we even have
:26:52. > :27:01.an overspill down the road. I want to say thank you to everyone that is
:27:02. > :27:06.here today. APPLAUSE. Before I go into my speech, I want to also say a
:27:07. > :27:09.huge thank you to all the staff of this conference centre that have
:27:10. > :27:20.made us so welcome and have worked so hard here today. I want to say
:27:21. > :27:23.thank you to all of our Labour Party staff for the huge work they have
:27:24. > :27:31.put him for this conference today and all the other days. And I want
:27:32. > :27:34.to say a big thank you to my own staff in my own office in the
:27:35. > :27:39.constituency and in Parliament that the huge work and support they give
:27:40. > :27:49.me give our party, all year round. APPLAUSE. But I have got to correct
:27:50. > :27:56.myself because I did say that all is completely packed. I got a message
:27:57. > :28:08.on the way in from Virgin Trains. They have assured me there are 800
:28:09. > :28:15.empty seats in the hall! APPLAUSE. Either way, it is a huge pleasure to
:28:16. > :28:19.be holding our party's annual conference at this fantastic city,
:28:20. > :28:24.the city of Liverpool that shaped our country, economy, culture and
:28:25. > :28:30.music. Liverpool has always been central to the Labour Party and our
:28:31. > :28:35.movement and I know some people say campaigns and protests do not change
:28:36. > :28:37.things. But the Hillsborough families have shown just how wrong
:28:38. > :28:54.that is. APPLAUSE. It has taken 27 years but those
:28:55. > :29:00.families have shown with great courage and dignity finally, do you
:29:01. > :29:05.can get truth and justice for the 96 who died. I want to pay tribute to
:29:06. > :29:18.all of the families and campaigners for their solidarity, commitment and
:29:19. > :29:21.love. Thank you. APPLAUSE. And as Andy Burnham put it to conference
:29:22. > :29:30.this morning, we must learn from them. And we promise, those
:29:31. > :29:33.campaigning for justice, for the thousands of workers blacklisted for
:29:34. > :29:38.being trade unionists, we will support your battles for truth and
:29:39. > :29:51.justice, and when we return to government, we will make sure you
:29:52. > :29:56.have both. APPLAUSE. Because winning justice for all and changing society
:29:57. > :30:03.for the benefit of all is the heart of what Labour is about. So yes, our
:30:04. > :30:09.party is about campaigning and protests. But most of all, it is
:30:10. > :30:12.about winning power in local and national government to deliver the
:30:13. > :30:23.real change our country so desperately needs. APPLAUSE.
:30:24. > :30:30.That is why the central task of the whole Labour Party must be to
:30:31. > :30:48.rebuild trust and support to win the next general election.
:30:49. > :30:54.Button for the benefit of working people.
:30:55. > :31:01.Everyone of us in this hall knows we will only get there if we work
:31:02. > :31:06.together. It is fair to say, after what we have been through these past
:31:07. > :31:13.few months, it has not exactly been the case. Those months have been a
:31:14. > :31:28.testing time for the whole party. First the horrific murder of
:31:29. > :31:44.Jo Cox, then the Brexit loss, and the leadership contest. Jo Cox's
:31:45. > :31:47.loss was horrific, she believed in loving her neighbour, and that every
:31:48. > :31:57.person can tip. She believed that we have far more things in common with
:31:58. > :32:01.each other, then divide us. Let that truth guide us as we come together
:32:02. > :32:02.again to challenge the Tory government and its shaky grip on
:32:03. > :32:16.power. In her memory, thank you for
:32:17. > :32:20.everything she did, and her family and close friends for all they have
:32:21. > :32:28.been through, and the solidarity they have shown together, so we may
:32:29. > :32:39.learn from their life. APPLAUSE.
:32:40. > :32:41.We also lost good MPs Buick were compassionate campaigners for a
:32:42. > :32:46.better world. Let me pay a particular tribute to those
:32:47. > :32:58.parliamentary colleagues who step forward in the summer to fill the
:32:59. > :33:05.gaps in the Shadow Cabinet. And ensuring that Labour could
:33:06. > :33:11.function as an effective opposition in parliament. They actually did not
:33:12. > :33:16.seek office, but they stepped up when their party and the country
:33:17. > :33:19.needed them to serve. They all deserve the respect and gratitude of
:33:20. > :33:21.the party and movement. This conference should thank them today,
:33:22. > :33:51.they are our future. We have just had our second
:33:52. > :33:57.leadership election within a year. It had its fraught moments, not only
:33:58. > :34:05.for Owen Smith and me, and I hope we don't make a habit of it. There have
:34:06. > :34:13.also been some upsides to it. Over 150,000 new members joining our
:34:14. > :34:18.party. Young rising stars have shone on the front bench, we have found
:34:19. > :34:23.the party is more united on policy then we would ever have guessed. I
:34:24. > :34:28.am deeply honoured to have been re-elected by our party a second
:34:29. > :34:40.time, with an even bigger mandate. APPLAUSE.
:34:41. > :34:44.But we all have lessons to learn and a responsibility to do things
:34:45. > :34:47.better, and work together more effectively. I will lead with
:34:48. > :34:52.learning those lessons. I would like to thank Tobin for the campaign and
:34:53. > :35:02.his work the shadow health and pension secretary. And also, of
:35:03. > :35:05.course, to the Labour Party staff, our own teams and the brilliant
:35:06. > :35:11.scenes that support all our members of Parliament and our party around
:35:12. > :35:18.the country. One lesson is, there is a responsibility on all of us to
:35:19. > :35:21.take care with our rhetoric, respect democratic decisions, respect our
:35:22. > :35:27.differences, and respect each other. We know that robust debate has at
:35:28. > :35:33.times spilled into abuse and hate around our country, including
:35:34. > :35:39.misogyny and anti-separatism, especially on social media. --
:35:40. > :35:46.anti-Semitism. Let me make that clear, that is utterly unacceptable.
:35:47. > :35:54.APPLAUSE. Our party must be a safe and
:35:55. > :36:00.welcoming space for everybody. We will continue to take firm action
:36:01. > :36:06.against abuse and intimidation. Let me be absolutely clear,
:36:07. > :36:11.anti-Semitism is an evil, leading to the worst crimes of the 20th
:36:12. > :36:18.century. Every one of us has two ensure it is never allowed to fester
:36:19. > :36:32.in our society again. APPLAUSE. This party always has and
:36:33. > :36:33.always will fight against prejudice, hatred of Jewish people, with every
:36:34. > :36:48.breath in our body. We meet, this year, as the largest
:36:49. > :36:53.political party in western Europe, with over half a million members,
:36:54. > :36:59.campaigning in every community in Britain. More people have joined our
:37:00. > :37:08.party in the last 20 months, then the previous 20 years.
:37:09. > :37:13.We have more of our fellow citizens in our party then all the other
:37:14. > :37:24.political parties in Britain put together. Some may see this as a
:37:25. > :37:30.threat, I see this as a vast democratic resorts. I wish eg
:37:31. > :37:33.increased membership is part of a movement, that can take Labour's
:37:34. > :37:36.message into every community, winning support for the election of
:37:37. > :37:52.a Labour government. Each and every one of these new
:37:53. > :37:57.members is welcome in our party. After a ten year absence, we welcome
:37:58. > :38:09.back the fire brigade's union to our party and conference.
:38:10. > :38:15.APPLAUSE. We are reuniting the Labour family.
:38:16. > :38:21.I want to, if I may, say thank you to all the firefighters and public
:38:22. > :38:24.sector workers who worked so hard to save people during the floods last
:38:25. > :38:34.winter. Thank you for everything he did. Over the past year, we have
:38:35. > :38:40.shown what Labour can do when the party stands together. At conference
:38:41. > :38:43.a year ago, I launched a campaign against cuts to tax credits, and we
:38:44. > :38:51.succeeded in knocking this government back. This year, 3
:38:52. > :38:58.million families are over ?1000 better off because Labour stood
:38:59. > :39:03.together. In the budget, the government tried to take away
:39:04. > :39:11.billions from disabled people. But we defeated them on that.
:39:12. > :39:18.And, we won all four Parliamentary by-elections, I welcome our new
:39:19. > :39:24.colleagues to Parliament, and the great victories they achieved. In
:39:25. > :39:29.the May elections, we overtook the Tories to become the largest party
:39:30. > :39:34.nationally. We won back to London with a massive win for Sadiq Khan,
:39:35. > :39:38.the first Muslim mayor of the capital city in Europe. I
:39:39. > :39:44.congratulate him for that incredible win.
:39:45. > :39:52.We won the Bristol mayor for the first time. Marvin Reece. The first
:39:53. > :40:04.black mayor of any European city, my congratulations to him. And we also
:40:05. > :40:11.won May elections in Salford and right here in Liverpool. That is the
:40:12. > :40:16.road of advance we have to return to to challenge the Tories for power,
:40:17. > :40:19.and turn the huge growth in the Labour Party into the electoral
:40:20. > :40:25.support we need right across Britain. There is no doubt that my
:40:26. > :40:31.election as Labour leader one year ago, and re-election this month grew
:40:32. > :40:35.out of a first for a new kind of politics. A conviction that the old
:40:36. > :40:42.way of riding the economy in the country is not delivering for more
:40:43. > :40:47.and more people. It is not about me, or unique to Britain. Across Europe,
:40:48. > :40:55.North America and elsewhere, people are fed up with the so-called free
:40:56. > :40:58.market system that has produced grotesque inequality, stagnating
:40:59. > :41:02.living standards, and many calamitous foreign wars without end.
:41:03. > :41:08.A political stitch up which leaves the vast majority of people shut out
:41:09. > :41:14.of power. Since the crash of 2008, the demand for an alternative, and
:41:15. > :41:18.the end to counter productive austerity has led to the rise of new
:41:19. > :41:23.movements and parties in one country after another. In Britain, it has
:41:24. > :41:28.happened in different ways, in the heart of political politics, the
:41:29. > :41:34.Labour Party. Something we should be extremely proud of. Exactly what
:41:35. > :41:39.Labour was founded for coming to be the voice of many, social justice,
:41:40. > :41:41.and progressive change, from the bottom up.
:41:42. > :41:57.APPLAUSE. But it also means, it is no good
:41:58. > :42:02.harking back to the tired old economic and political fixes of 20
:42:03. > :42:08.and 30 years ago. They won't work any more. The old model is broken,
:42:09. > :42:13.we are in a new era, that demands a politics and economics that meets
:42:14. > :42:24.the needs of our own time. Actually, even to reason may get sick, sort
:42:25. > :42:27.of. -- Theresa May gets it. That is why she talks about the equalities
:42:28. > :42:35.and burning injustice in today's Britain. Well, she said it. In fact
:42:36. > :42:44.she promised the country that works not for a privileged view
:42:45. > :42:56.-- few, but everyone of us. Even if she talks the war, it is time to
:42:57. > :43:00.walk the walk. It is David Cameron's government, repackaged with a new
:43:01. > :43:03.harsh right-wing edge, taking the country backwards, and dithering
:43:04. > :43:12.before the historic challenges of Brexit.
:43:13. > :43:18.Who is seriously believes that the Tories could ever stand up to the
:43:19. > :43:28.privileged few? They are the party of the privileged few. Funded by the
:43:29. > :43:39.privileged few, for the benefit of the privileged few.
:43:40. > :43:45.Theirs is a party, after all, and that now wants to force through an
:43:46. > :43:51.undemocratic boundary review, based in and out of date version of the
:43:52. > :43:54.electoral register, with nearly two million voters missing. They have
:43:55. > :44:06.dressed it up as a bid to cast the -- cut the cost of politics. The 12
:44:07. > :44:12.million savings are dwarfed by the expense of the 260 peers that David
:44:13. > :44:23.Cameron appointed, at the cost of ?34 million a year.
:44:24. > :44:36.It is nothing more than a cynical attempt to gerrymander the next
:44:37. > :44:40.election. And this is from a Prime Minister elevated to her job without
:44:41. > :44:45.a single votes being cast, after a pantomime farce, seeing one leading
:44:46. > :44:52.Tory after another falling on their swords. When I meet Theresa May
:44:53. > :44:59.across the dispatch box, I know only one of us has been elected to the
:45:00. > :45:08.office they hold by the votes of nearly 200,000 people. In any case,
:45:09. > :45:12.the Tories are simply incapable of responding to the breakdown of the
:45:13. > :45:17.old economic model. That failed model is absolutely in their
:45:18. > :45:23.political DNA. It is what they deliver every time they are in
:45:24. > :45:27.government. Tory governments deregulate, outsource, Private eyes,
:45:28. > :45:33.and stand by as inequality grows. They cut taxes for the privileged
:45:34. > :45:38.few, sell financial assets on the cheap, turn a blind eye to the
:45:39. > :45:43.chronic tax avoidance. They are so committed to the interests of the
:45:44. > :45:47.very richest, they have recruited Sir Philip Green into government, as
:45:48. > :45:51.something called and efficiencies are. I am not sure what that is, but
:45:52. > :45:57.I would simply say this, government might be a bit more efficient if the
:45:58. > :46:16.super rich like Sir Philip actually paid their taxes.
:46:17. > :46:22.When governments steps back, there are consequences for everyone of us.
:46:23. > :46:30.Look what has happened housing under the Tories. Housing has fallen to
:46:31. > :46:36.the lowest level since the 1920s, home ownership is falling as more
:46:37. > :46:39.people are priced out of the market, evictions and disgracefully
:46:40. > :46:45.homelessness and rough sleeping go up month after month, year after
:46:46. > :46:49.year. Council homes are being sold off without being replaced. And
:46:50. > :46:54.another consequence of that is that we, all of us, are paying over ?9
:46:55. > :47:02.billion a year to private landlords in housing benefit to pay the rent.
:47:03. > :47:07.Instead of spending public money on building Council Housing, we are
:47:08. > :47:16.subsidising private landlords. That is wasteful, inefficient and
:47:17. > :47:24.frankly, poor government. APPLAUSE. So Labour will, built over 1 million
:47:25. > :47:29.new homes, at least half of them council homes, and we will control
:47:30. > :47:36.private rents so we can give every British family that basic human
:47:37. > :47:41.rights, a decent home. APPLAUSE. It is the same and the jobs market.
:47:42. > :47:45.Without proper employment regulation, there has been an
:47:46. > :47:49.explosion of temporary insecure jobs. Nearly 1 million people are on
:47:50. > :47:55.zero hours contracts, not knowing what their earnings will be. There
:47:56. > :48:00.are now 6 million working people earning less than the living wage
:48:01. > :48:05.and the poverty amongst those in work is at record levels. That did
:48:06. > :48:11.not happen by accident. The Tories have torn up employment rights and
:48:12. > :48:14.deliberately tried to weaken the organisations that get people
:48:15. > :48:24.justice at work, the trade unions. APPLAUSE. Of course, trade unions
:48:25. > :48:30.are not taking this lying down. Look at the great campaign Unite has
:48:31. > :48:39.waged at sports direct to get justice for exploited workers. And
:48:40. > :48:44.hold Mike Ashley to account. That is why Labour will repeal the trade
:48:45. > :48:49.union act and set unions free to do their jobs, defending and supporting
:48:50. > :49:10.their members and rights at work. APPLAUSE.
:49:11. > :49:18.And we will raise the minimum wage to a real living wage that brings
:49:19. > :49:27.working people out of poverty and will ban zero hours contracts. John
:49:28. > :49:33.McDonnell, our Shadow Chancellor, set this out very clearly at
:49:34. > :49:37.conference this week. And then there is the scandal of the privatised
:49:38. > :49:43.railways. More public subsidy than under the days of British rail. All
:49:44. > :49:47.going to private firms and more delays, more cancellations and on
:49:48. > :49:53.top of that, the highest fares in Europe. That is widely great
:49:54. > :49:58.majority of British people back Labour's plan set out so well by
:49:59. > :50:01.Andy McDonald this week to take the railways back into public ownership.
:50:02. > :50:21.APPLAUSE. But if you want the most spectacular
:50:22. > :50:26.example of what happens when government step back, the global
:50:27. > :50:30.banking crash is an object lesson, a deregulated industry of
:50:31. > :50:35.out-of-control greed and speculation that crashed economies across the
:50:36. > :50:39.globe and required the biggest ever government intervention and public
:50:40. > :50:45.bailout in history. Millions of ordinary families paid the price of
:50:46. > :50:51.that failure. I pledge that Labour will never let a few reckless
:50:52. > :51:01.bankers wreck our economy again! APPLAUSE.
:51:02. > :51:07.So, Labour is offering solutions. During this summer's leadership
:51:08. > :51:11.campaign, I set out ten pledges which I believe can be the platform
:51:12. > :51:17.of our party's programme. They were put to conference yesterday in a
:51:18. > :51:23.statement. They lay out the scope of change we need to see. For full
:51:24. > :51:28.employment, a homes guarantee, security at work, a strong public
:51:29. > :51:34.National Health Service and social care, a national education service
:51:35. > :51:38.for all, action on climate change, public ownership and control of our
:51:39. > :51:43.services, a cut in inequality of income and wealth, action to secure
:51:44. > :51:55.an equal society and peace and justice at the heart of our foreign
:51:56. > :52:00.policy. APPLAUSE. Do not worry, conference. They are not the Ten
:52:01. > :52:05.Commandments. I have not come down from the mountain with them! They
:52:06. > :52:10.are here already and they will now of course go to the National policy
:52:11. > :52:16.Forum and the whole party needs to build on them. All our brilliant
:52:17. > :52:20.members have ideas, imagination, inspiration. We want to help and
:52:21. > :52:26.refining those policies and above all, take them out to the people of
:52:27. > :52:30.this country, take them out so that we get support. But those ten
:52:31. > :52:36.pledges, the core of the platform, will now form the framework of what
:52:37. > :52:41.Labour will campaign for and for what a Labour government will do.
:52:42. > :52:47.Together, they showed the direction of change we are determined to take
:52:48. > :52:51.an outline a programme to rebuild and transform Britain. They are
:52:52. > :52:58.rooted in traditional Labour values and objectives but they are shaped
:52:59. > :53:03.to meet the challenges of the 21st-century. They are values Labour
:53:04. > :53:08.is united on. They reflect the views and aspirations of the majority of
:53:09. > :53:14.our people and they are values our country can and will support sooner
:53:15. > :53:23.is the given the chance to it. APPLAUSE. These pledges are not just
:53:24. > :53:26.words. Already across the country, Labour councils are putting Labour
:53:27. > :53:32.values into action in a way that makes a real difference to millions
:53:33. > :53:36.of people despite cynical government funding cuts that have hit Labour
:53:37. > :53:43.councils, often representing the poorest parts of the country, five
:53:44. > :53:52.times as hard as Tory run areas. APPLAUSE. Good examples like
:53:53. > :53:58.Nottingham City Council, setting up the not-for-profit Robin Hood energy
:53:59. > :54:03.company, to provide affordable energy, or Cardiff bus company
:54:04. > :54:07.taking 100,000 passengers every day publicly owned for the passenger
:54:08. > :54:14.panel to hold its directors to account. Or Preston Council, working
:54:15. > :54:22.to fake the local procurement and keep money in, or Newcastle Council
:54:23. > :54:26.providing free Wi-Fi in 69 public buildings across the city, or
:54:27. > :54:31.Croydon council which is set up a company to build 1000 new homes. We
:54:32. > :54:38.can no longer afford to sit back and let the market take its course. Or
:54:39. > :54:42.Glasgow, that has established high quality and flexible workplaces for
:54:43. > :54:46.start-up and high-growth companies in dynamic new sectors. All right
:54:47. > :54:53.here in Liverpool, the global forefront of the new wave of
:54:54. > :54:58.technology,, a ?15 million business hub that aims to create 300 start-up
:54:59. > :55:03.businesses and 1000 jobs over the next decade, and there are many
:55:04. > :55:07.other examples. It is a proud Lage record. Each and every Labour
:55:08. > :55:11.councillor deserves our heartfelt thanks for the work they do and the
:55:12. > :55:22.difficulties they ensure in doing it. APPLAUSE But I want to go
:55:23. > :55:26.further because we want local government to go further and put
:55:27. > :55:31.public enterprise back into the heart of our economy and services to
:55:32. > :55:36.meet the needs of local communities. Municipal socialism for the
:55:37. > :55:41.21st-century as an engine of local growth and development. That is why
:55:42. > :55:45.I am announcing that Labour will remove the artificial borrowing cap
:55:46. > :55:57.and allow councils to borrow against their housing stock. That single
:55:58. > :56:01.measure alone... APPLAUSE. That single measure alone would allow
:56:02. > :56:08.them to build an extra 12,000 council homes year. Labour councils
:56:09. > :56:12.increasingly have a policy of an in-house as the preferred provider
:56:13. > :56:18.and many councils have broad bin collections, cleaners and IT
:56:19. > :56:34.services back in-house, in sourcing privatised contracts. APPLAUSE. I
:56:35. > :56:38.have said that Labour will put security work and employment in
:56:39. > :56:45.union rights from day one centre stage but one in six workers in
:56:46. > :56:48.Britain are now self-employed. They are right to value their
:56:49. > :56:54.independence but the too many, it comes with insecurity and a wilful
:56:55. > :56:57.lack of rights. So we will review arrangements for self-employed
:56:58. > :57:01.people including Social Security that self-employed people paid for
:57:02. > :57:07.in their taxes yet are not fully covered by it. We will ensure the
:57:08. > :57:13.successful innovators have access to the finance necessary to take their
:57:14. > :57:17.ideas to the next level, grow their businesses and generate employment.
:57:18. > :57:22.So as part of our workplace 2020 review, we will make sure our tax
:57:23. > :57:26.and social security arrangements are fit for the 21st century, consulting
:57:27. > :57:36.the self-employed workers and the Federation of Small Businesses.
:57:37. > :57:42.APPLAUSE. If the Tories are the party of cuts in short-term is,
:57:43. > :57:53.Labour is the party of investing for the future. APPLAUSE. With the same
:57:54. > :57:58.level of investment as other major economies, we could be so much more.
:57:59. > :58:02.We could unlock so much skill, ingenuity and wealth. That is why we
:58:03. > :58:07.will establish a national investment bank at the heart of our plan to
:58:08. > :58:13.rebuild and transform this country, and we will borrow to invest at
:58:14. > :58:17.historically low interest rates to generate far greater returns. It
:58:18. > :58:20.would be foolish not to because that investment is expanding the economy
:58:21. > :58:27.and the income it generates for Arsenal in the process. Even this
:58:28. > :58:33.government, after years of austerity and savage cuts, is starting to
:58:34. > :58:40.changes tune. I am not content with accepting second-class broadband, or
:58:41. > :58:44.creaking railways or seen the United States and Germany investing in
:58:45. > :58:51.cutting edge in green technologies while we lag behind. Last year, for
:58:52. > :58:54.example, the Prime Minister promised a universal service obligation for
:58:55. > :59:00.10 megabytes broadband that since then, the government has done
:59:01. > :59:03.nothing, letting down entrepreneurs, businesses and families, especially
:59:04. > :59:09.those in rural areas that want to grow the economy. That is why we
:59:10. > :59:14.have set up proposals for in national investment bank with ?500
:59:15. > :59:17.billion of investment to bring our broadband, railways, housing and
:59:18. > :59:30.energy infrastructure up to scratch. APPLAUSE. A country that does not
:59:31. > :59:34.invest is a country that has given up, that has taken the path of
:59:35. > :59:46.managed to climb. A Labour government will never accept second
:59:47. > :59:50.best for this country. APPLAUSE. Our country's history is based on
:59:51. > :00:03.individual ingenuity and collective endeavour.
:00:04. > :00:10.There are brilliant people that made so much developed so much. But the
:00:11. > :00:15.Tories have turned their back on this proud British tradition. They
:00:16. > :00:20.put privatisation and cutting spending first. Britain spends less
:00:21. > :00:25.on research is the share of national income than France, Germany, the US
:00:26. > :00:27.and China. A Labour government would bring research and development up to
:00:28. > :00:48.3% of GDP. Yesterday Rebecca Long Bailey set
:00:49. > :00:53.out the terms of our industrial review. We need an economy that
:00:54. > :01:00.works for every part of this country so no community is left behind.
:01:01. > :01:04.Today I am asking businesses, academics, workers, trade unions,
:01:05. > :01:09.anyone who cares about our future prosperity to have a say in that
:01:10. > :01:17.review. We are wealthy country, not just in money, but talent and
:01:18. > :01:23.potential. That is why we proposed a comprehensive national educational
:01:24. > :01:35.service to deliver higher education for all, throughout our lives.
:01:36. > :01:43.Education has always been a core Labour value. From the time of Ellen
:01:44. > :01:48.Wilkinson, the MP for Jarrow, and later Education Minister, and before
:01:49. > :01:53.that. A national education service will be an essential part of the
:01:54. > :01:57.21st-century welfare state. In a rapidly changing economy people need
:01:58. > :02:02.to retrain or update their skills without falling into debt. Britain
:02:03. > :02:06.falls behind others in productivity, partly about investing in technology
:02:07. > :02:12.and infrastructure, partly about investing in people and their
:02:13. > :02:18.skills. How can we build and expand the sector in the future without a
:02:19. > :02:22.skilled workforce? This Conservative government has slashed adult
:02:23. > :02:26.education budgets, taking away opportunities for people to develop
:02:27. > :02:31.skills, leaving businesses struggling to find the skilled
:02:32. > :02:37.workforce they need. Today, I am offering business a new settlement,
:02:38. > :02:41.a new deal to rebuild Britain. Under Labour we will provide the
:02:42. > :02:45.investment to rebuild Britain's infrastructure. We will find that
:02:46. > :02:51.investment, because it will lead to a more productive economy. Providing
:02:52. > :02:56.the basis on which our economy and businesses can thrive. Helping to
:02:57. > :03:01.provide 1 million good jobs for businesses and opportunities.
:03:02. > :03:05.Investment in capital, must include investment in human capital, the
:03:06. > :03:09.skilled workers needed to make our economy a success. This is the deal
:03:10. > :03:14.Labour will offer to business. To help pay for a national education
:03:15. > :03:18.service, we will ask you to pay a little more in tax. We have started
:03:19. > :03:26.to set out this, raising corporation tax by less than 1.5%, to give an
:03:27. > :03:31.education maintenance allowance to college students, grants to
:03:32. > :03:33.university students, so every young learner can afford to support
:03:34. > :03:47.themselves as they develop skills and gain qualifications.
:03:48. > :03:56.Business shares in economic success, it must contribute to it, too. I
:03:57. > :04:01.recognise that good businesses deserve a level playing field. I
:04:02. > :04:06.also pledged to give businesses, we will clamp down on those that dodge
:04:07. > :04:18.their taxes. You should not be undercut by those who don't play by
:04:19. > :04:23.the rules. There is nothing more unpatriotic than not paying your
:04:24. > :04:28.taxes. Frankly it is an act of vandalism, damaging the NHS, older
:04:29. > :04:34.people's social care, younger people's education. A Labour
:04:35. > :04:37.government will make Xavi tax avoidance a thing of the past. --
:04:38. > :04:50.Xavi. Our national education service will
:04:51. > :04:55.be every bit as vital as our national health service. We
:04:56. > :05:00.recognise education is not simply about preparing for the workplace,
:05:01. > :05:03.also about the exploration of knowledge, unlocking the creativity
:05:04. > :05:09.hair in every human being. All school pupils should have the chance
:05:10. > :05:15.to learn an instrument, take part in drama and dance. Have regular access
:05:16. > :05:21.to theatre, Museum and Galleries in their local area. That is why we
:05:22. > :05:25.will introduce an arts pupil premium to every primary school in England
:05:26. > :05:31.and Wales, consulting on the design and national roll-out to extend this
:05:32. > :05:39.to all secondary schools. This will be a 160 million boost to schools,
:05:40. > :05:42.to investing in projects, supporting cultural activities for schools over
:05:43. > :05:48.the longer term. It could hardly be more different from the Tory
:05:49. > :05:52.approach to education. There any plan is the return of grammar
:05:53. > :05:58.schools, segregation, second-class schooling for the majority.
:05:59. > :06:07.What a great job Angela Rayner is doing in opposing them in this.
:06:08. > :06:22.APPLAUSE. This Saturday, the 1st of October, I
:06:23. > :06:23.want you to take this message into your community, that Labour is
:06:24. > :06:40.standing up for education for all. Grammar schools are not the only way
:06:41. > :06:48.the Tories are bringing division back into our society. They are also
:06:49. > :06:53.using the tried and tested tricks of demonising and scapegoating to
:06:54. > :06:58.distract for their failures. Single mothers, unemployed people, disabled
:06:59. > :07:09.people, migrants. Tory failure is always someone else's file. --
:07:10. > :07:12.fault. Those smears have consequences, from children being
:07:13. > :07:18.bullied in school, attacks on the street, such as the rise in
:07:19. > :07:23.disability hate crime. I am so proud of his party, in the last year we
:07:24. > :07:28.stood up to the government, on cuts to disabled people's benefits and
:07:29. > :07:33.working family tax credits. On Monday, our Shadow Work and Pensions
:07:34. > :07:36.Secretary, Debbie Abrahams, announced we would be scrapping the
:07:37. > :07:57.punitive sanctions regime, and the work capability assessment.
:07:58. > :08:03.As politicians, political activists, citizens, we have zero tolerance
:08:04. > :08:14.towards those who whipped up eight and division. Stand together. --
:08:15. > :08:24.whip up hate. Xenophobia, anti-Semitism, defend those being
:08:25. > :08:29.demonised. It has been shaming to our multicultural society that
:08:30. > :08:34.assaults on migrants have increased sharply since the referendum
:08:35. > :08:41.campaign. A campaign that peddle myths, whipping up division. It is
:08:42. > :08:43.not migrants that drive down wages, it is exploitative employers, and
:08:44. > :08:51.the politicians deregulating the labour market, ripping up trade
:08:52. > :08:56.union rights. It is not migrants, who put a strain on the national
:08:57. > :09:01.Health Service, it only keeps going because of the migrant nurses, and
:09:02. > :09:09.doctors who come here, filling the gaps left by politicians failing to
:09:10. > :09:13.invest in training. It is not migrants causing a housing crisis,
:09:14. > :09:23.it is a Tory government failing to build homes.
:09:24. > :09:30.Immigration can certainly put extra pressure on services. That is why,
:09:31. > :09:34.under Gordon Brown, Labour set up the migrant impact fund, to provide
:09:35. > :09:37.extra funding to communities that have the largest rises in
:09:38. > :09:45.populations. The plan. Very effective. What did the Tories do?
:09:46. > :09:49.They abolished it. Then demonising migrants are putting pressure on
:09:50. > :09:52.services. A Labour government will not offer false promises on
:09:53. > :09:58.immigration, as the Tories have done. We will not fan the flames of
:09:59. > :10:02.fear. We will tackle the real issues of immigration instead. Whatever the
:10:03. > :10:05.outcome of Brexit negotiations, we will make the changes needed. Acting
:10:06. > :10:22.decisively to help wages that have been undercut.
:10:23. > :10:25.We will ease the pressure on hard-pressed public services,
:10:26. > :10:31.struggling to absorb Tory austerity cuts in communities absorbing new
:10:32. > :10:36.populations. Labour will reinstate the migrant impact fund. Giving
:10:37. > :10:45.extra support to areas of high migration, using the Visa levy for
:10:46. > :10:51.its intended purpose. We will boost the fund. That is the labour weight
:10:52. > :10:52.to tackle social tension. Investment and assistance, not racism and
:10:53. > :11:10.division. This party campaigned hard to remain
:11:11. > :11:15.the European Union. I spoke in rallies from Cornwall to Aberdeen,
:11:16. > :11:20.for the Labour campaign to remain in. Although many voters backed us,
:11:21. > :11:24.we did not convince many natural Labour voters, especially in parts
:11:25. > :11:29.of the country left that I'm by years of neglect and underinvestment
:11:30. > :11:33.and deindustrialisation. Now we have to face the future together. We're
:11:34. > :11:39.not helped by patronising or lecturing those in our communities
:11:40. > :11:43.who voted to leave, we have to hear their concerns about jobs, public
:11:44. > :11:46.services, jobs, immigration, the future for their children. We have
:11:47. > :11:52.to respect the vote of the British people. Of course that does not mean
:11:53. > :11:57.giving a blank cheque to Theresa May and her three leading team of
:11:58. > :12:05.fractious Brexit supporters. They a negotiating plan. Fortunately they
:12:06. > :12:12.have a distraction, they have to squabble about whose turn it is to
:12:13. > :12:16.go to whichever country retreat at the weekend. We have made it clear
:12:17. > :12:17.we will resist Brexit at the expense of workers' writes and social
:12:18. > :12:29.justice. We have set out our Red Line
:12:30. > :12:35.unemployment, environmental and social protection, and access to the
:12:36. > :12:39.European market. We will also be pressing our own Brexit agenda,
:12:40. > :12:44.including the freedom to intervene in our own industries like steel,
:12:45. > :12:52.without the obligation to liberalise or privatise public services.
:12:53. > :13:00.Building a new relationship with Europe, based on incorporation and
:13:01. > :13:05.internationalism. As Europe faces the impact of the refugee crisis,
:13:06. > :13:09.fuelled by wars across the Middle East, we have to face the role that
:13:10. > :13:16.repeated military intervention by British and other governments have
:13:17. > :13:21.played in the crisis. The Chilcott report made absolutely clear the
:13:22. > :13:27.lessons to be learned from the disastrous invasion and occupation
:13:28. > :13:29.of Iraq, just as this month the foreign affairs select committee
:13:30. > :13:35.report into the war in Libya demonstrated those lessons are still
:13:36. > :13:42.to be learned a decade later. The consequence of those wars has been
:13:43. > :13:49.the spread of terrorism and violence across complex displacing millions
:13:50. > :13:53.of people, forcing them from their countries. That is why it was right
:13:54. > :14:00.to apologise behalf on the party for the Iraq war. Write to say we learn
:14:01. > :14:16.the lessons. APPLAUSE.
:14:17. > :14:31.We were right to say such a catastrophe must never be allowed to
:14:32. > :14:35.happen again. We need a foreign policy based on peace, justice and
:14:36. > :14:40.human rights. I tell you what great news it is to hear the peace treaty
:14:41. > :14:50.agreed in Colombia after 50 years of devastating war. We need to honour
:14:51. > :14:55.our international treaty obligations on nuclear disarmament, as much as
:14:56. > :14:59.we do on human rights and other things, and encourage others to do
:15:00. > :15:04.the same. We are a long way from that humanitarian vision. Britain
:15:05. > :15:08.continues to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, a country the United Nations
:15:09. > :15:15.says is committing repeated violations of international
:15:16. > :15:18.humanitarian law. War crimes in Yemen. On Sunday it was good to
:15:19. > :15:28.stand alongside the community from Yemen in Liverpool. We need to end
:15:29. > :15:33.those sales to Saudi Arabia. Just as the war crimes that are going on in
:15:34. > :15:43.other places, such as Syria, there has to be a political solution to
:15:44. > :15:47.the conflict. To date, I make it clear, under a Labour government,
:15:48. > :15:53.when there are credible reports of human rights abuses, war crimes the
:15:54. > :15:55.ingenuity from a British arms sales will be suspended starting with
:15:56. > :16:27.Saudi Arabia. Last year, the votes we needed to
:16:28. > :16:31.win power went many different ways, in all parts of our countries, while
:16:32. > :16:35.millions of potential voters stayed at home. Many did not believe we
:16:36. > :16:42.delivered an alternative that they wanted. It is true, there is an
:16:43. > :16:46.electron mountain to climb. If we focus everything on the needs and
:16:47. > :16:58.aspirations of middle and lower income voters, ordinary families, we
:16:59. > :17:24.must electoral people is being felt, minority divinities,
:17:25. > :17:28.days suffering with the impact of migration at work, and people who
:17:29. > :17:33.want to secure a better life for themselves, their families and
:17:34. > :17:38.communities. Running like a golden thread through Labour's vision today
:17:39. > :17:44.is the struggle for equality. Rampant inequality has become the
:17:45. > :17:48.great scandal of our time. Sapping the potential of our society,
:17:49. > :17:53.tearing at its fabric. Labour's goal is not just greater equality of
:17:54. > :17:58.wealth and income, it is also about power. Our aim could not be more
:17:59. > :18:03.ambitious, we want a new settlement for the 21st century, in politics,
:18:04. > :18:08.business, and the environment, and our relationships with the rest of
:18:09. > :18:13.the world. Everyone of us in the Labour Party is motivated by the gap
:18:14. > :18:18.of what our country is, and what it could be.
:18:19. > :18:29.We know that in the sixth largest economy in the world, the food
:18:30. > :18:35.banks, stunted life chances, growing poverty alongside wealth on an
:18:36. > :18:45.undreamed of scale are a mark of a shameful and totally unnecessary
:18:46. > :18:49.failure. We know how great this country could be, for all its
:18:50. > :18:58.people, with a new political and economic settlement, and new forms
:18:59. > :19:03.of Democratic ownership, driven by new investment in new technologies
:19:04. > :19:09.of the future. Decent jobs, and housing for role. Local services run
:19:10. > :19:13.by and for people, not outsourced to faceless corporations. This is not
:19:14. > :19:14.backward looking, this is very much the opposite. The socialism of the
:19:15. > :19:30.21st-century. Our job is now to win over the
:19:31. > :19:35.unconvinced of our vision. Only that way can we secure the Labour
:19:36. > :19:39.government we need. Let's be frank, name one will be convinced of the
:19:40. > :19:48.vision promoted by a divided party, we all agree on that. I ask each and
:19:49. > :19:52.every of you to accept the decision of the members, end the trench
:19:53. > :20:25.warfare, and work together to take on the Tories.
:20:26. > :20:34.Conference, anything else is a luxury that the millions of people
:20:35. > :20:41.who depend on Labour cannot afford. We know there will be local
:20:42. > :20:48.elections next May, in Scotland where we won three council elections
:20:49. > :20:52.this summer, in Wales, thank you, Labour Scotland. And across the
:20:53. > :20:57.counties in England. There will be Metro Mayor elections, including
:20:58. > :21:00.right here on Merseyside. Where my good friend Steve Rotherham will be
:21:01. > :21:22.Labour's candidate. Steve, best of luck, I will miss
:21:23. > :21:31.your comradeship, humour, criticism and wonderful support.
:21:32. > :21:36.On the same day we will be electing Andy Burnham in Manchester, and Sean
:21:37. > :21:51.Simon in Birmingham. Three big Labour victory is on the
:21:52. > :22:06.same day, are we agreed on that? But, there is always a but. We could
:22:07. > :22:11.also face a general election next year. Whatever the Prime Minister
:22:12. > :22:18.says about snap elections, there is every chance to reason they will cut
:22:19. > :22:22.and run for an early election. Today we put ourselves on notice, Labour
:22:23. > :22:37.is preparing for a general election in 2017. -- Theresa May.
:22:38. > :22:43.And we hope and expect all our members to support our campaign. We
:22:44. > :22:53.will be ready for the challenge whenever it comes. Let's do it.
:22:54. > :23:02.Let's do it and be ready for that challenge. Let's do it, in the
:23:03. > :23:09.spirit of the great Scots born, Liverpool football manager, Bill
:23:10. > :23:13.Shankly. I'm sorry, Andy, I know he isn't Everton supporter. Do not
:23:14. > :23:19.leave the stage. You will like it, it is OK. The socialism I believe in
:23:20. > :23:24.is everybody working for the same goal, everybody having a share in
:23:25. > :23:25.the rewards. That is how I see football, and that is how I see
:23:26. > :23:44.life. We are not all Bill Shanklys, each
:23:45. > :23:50.of us comes to our socialism from our own experiences. Mine was shaped
:23:51. > :23:57.by my mum and dad, a teacher and an engineer. Both very committed
:23:58. > :24:01.socialists, and peace campaigners. My mum's inspiration was to
:24:02. > :24:07.encourage girls to believe they could achieve anything in their
:24:08. > :24:12.lives. I have met some of them that she taught. She inspired so many
:24:13. > :24:18.girls to take up science and engineering because of her example.
:24:19. > :24:23.In my experience, working as a volunteer teacher in Jamaica as a
:24:24. > :24:27.young man taught me so much about the strength of communities, living
:24:28. > :24:33.in adversity, and showing the most amazing solidarity to each other in
:24:34. > :24:35.poverty and promote communities, determined to achieve something
:24:36. > :24:46.collectively good for their entire communities.
:24:47. > :24:53.Later, I spent years as a union organiser in the National union of
:24:54. > :24:57.Public employees, representing low paid workers, fighting for the
:24:58. > :25:01.national living wage, decent conditions, unions make a strong,
:25:02. > :25:08.that it is the determination of people to be strong for themselves
:25:09. > :25:21.and each other that shakes my politics, ideas and values.
:25:22. > :25:34.As the great American poet, Langston Hughes put it, I see that my own
:25:35. > :25:41.hands can make the world in my mind. Everyone here and everyone in our
:25:42. > :25:46.hundreds and thousands of members has something to contribute to our
:25:47. > :25:50.cause. That is why we will unite, build our policies, take our vision
:25:51. > :26:00.out to the country crying out for change. We are half a million of us,
:26:01. > :26:04.and there will be many more. Working together to make our country the
:26:05. > :26:12.place it could be. Conference, United we can shape the future. And
:26:13. > :26:15.build a fairer Britain in a peaceful world. Thank you.
:26:16. > :26:19.APPLAUSE.