:00:16. > :00:23.Evening all. Welcome to conference, the first of the 2016 party
:00:24. > :00:27.conference season. We are with Labour in Liverpool where with
:00:28. > :00:30.Jeremy Corbyn re-elected with an enhanced majority, party leaders are
:00:31. > :00:38.anxious to move on from divisions and to talk about policies. John
:00:39. > :00:44.McDonnell obliged with the keynote speech packed with socialist red
:00:45. > :00:47.meat. He called for massive public investment through state-owned
:00:48. > :00:52.investment banks, and you ?10 minimum wage, rights for workers to
:00:53. > :00:56.or near companies, a doubling of the public sector and the repealing of
:00:57. > :01:04.trade union reforms. We heard from Emily Thornberry, the shadow
:01:05. > :01:11.Secretary for exiting the EU. She pledged to replace any funding
:01:12. > :01:15.shortfall caused by Brexit. And Adam Fleming went behind the scene is at
:01:16. > :01:27.a fringe meeting that wants to transform the world.
:01:28. > :01:35.John McDonnell is Jeremy Corbyn's most important ally. The Shadow
:01:36. > :01:40.Chancellor is shaping economic policy. Today, his job was to
:01:41. > :01:43.outline a comprehensive socialist economic agenda. He began by saying
:01:44. > :01:51.it was time for the party to get serious. Now the leadership election
:01:52. > :02:01.is over, I tell you, we have to become a government in waiting. An
:02:02. > :02:05.election could come at any time. To reason me -- the Prime Minister has
:02:06. > :02:12.said she will not call an early election. When could anyone trust
:02:13. > :02:19.the word of a Tory leader? We must prepare ourselves not just to fight
:02:20. > :02:22.an election but to move into government.
:02:23. > :02:25.To do that successfully we have to have the policies and the plans
:02:26. > :02:27.for their detailed implementation on the shelf, in place
:02:28. > :02:39.for when we enter government whenever that election comes.
:02:40. > :02:50.We will seek to protect access to the single market for goods and
:02:51. > :03:02.services. Access to the single market requires movement of Labour.
:03:03. > :03:10.I tell you this, we will not let the Tories barking away the workers'
:03:11. > :03:16.rights either. -- bargain away. We will defend the rights of EU
:03:17. > :03:24.nationals that live and work here and UK citizens living and working
:03:25. > :03:27.in Europe. We were appalled at the attacks that took place on the
:03:28. > :03:32.Polish community in our country following the Brexit vote. Let's be
:03:33. > :03:47.clear, as a party, we will always stand up against racism and
:03:48. > :03:51.xenophobia in any form. APPLAUSE. In the negotiations, we want Britain to
:03:52. > :03:55.keep its stake in the European investment bank. At the centre of
:03:56. > :03:59.the negotiations is the financial services industry. Our financial
:04:00. > :04:04.services are being placed under threat as a result of the vote to
:04:05. > :04:08.leave. Labour has said clearly we will support access to European
:04:09. > :04:12.markets for the financial sector, but our financial services must
:04:13. > :04:22.understand, 2008 must never happen again. APPLAUSE. The message is
:04:23. > :04:26.clear to them, we will not tolerate a return to the casino economy that
:04:27. > :04:37.contributed to that crash ever again. There will be no more support
:04:38. > :04:45.for TTIP or any other trade deal that promotes the regulation or
:04:46. > :04:48.privatisation. -- deregulation. We will make sure that any future
:04:49. > :04:52.Labour government has the power to intervene in our economy in the
:04:53. > :04:55.interests of the whole country. For Britain to prosper in that new
:04:56. > :05:00.Europe and on the world stage our next major challenge is to collar
:05:01. > :05:10.halt to this government's austerity programme. -- call halt. In
:05:11. > :05:29.government, we will end the scourge of tax avoidance. We will create a
:05:30. > :05:40.new tax enforcement unit at HMRC, we will ban tax dodging companies from
:05:41. > :05:49.winning public sector contracts. We will ensure all British Crown
:05:50. > :05:51.dependencies introduce a full public register of company orders and
:05:52. > :06:03.beneficiaries. We will throw light on where they are hiding the money.
:06:04. > :06:07.The burden of taxation as a whole falls too heavily on those not able
:06:08. > :06:12.to pay. In this coming period we will be developing the policies that
:06:13. > :06:22.will shift the tax burden away from those who own wages and salaries and
:06:23. > :06:30.onto those who hold wealth. Turning to investment, Labour as a party of
:06:31. > :06:41.government needs to think not just how we spend money but how we are in
:06:42. > :06:43.it. This is the scale of investment that experts say will start to bring
:06:44. > :06:56.Britain's infrastructure into the 21st century. It means ensuring
:06:57. > :07:06.cheap, carbon free electricity, ensuring every part of the country
:07:07. > :07:09.has access to superfast broadband. It is about transport that unlocks
:07:10. > :07:14.the potential of the whole country. We will shake up how corporations
:07:15. > :07:19.work and change how the economy is managed. We will clamp down on
:07:20. > :07:30.abuses of power at the very top. Under Labour there will be no more
:07:31. > :07:37.Philip Greens. We will legislate to rewrite company law to prevent them.
:07:38. > :07:41.We will introduce legislation to ban companies taking on excessive debt
:07:42. > :07:52.to pay out dividends to shareholders. We will rewrite the
:07:53. > :07:56.tax takeover code to make sure every proposal has a clear plan in place
:07:57. > :08:04.to pay workers and pensioners. We will protect their pensions. Until
:08:05. > :08:06.working people have proper protections at work the Labour
:08:07. > :08:12.market will always work against them. The next Labour government
:08:13. > :08:23.will look to implement the recommendations of the Institute of
:08:24. > :08:26.implement relations report. We will reintroduce collective-bargaining
:08:27. > :08:34.across the economy, ending the race to the bottom.
:08:35. > :08:40.I give you this commitment. In the first 100 days of a Labour
:08:41. > :08:51.government we will repeal the trade union act. APPLAUSE.. I've spoken
:08:52. > :08:55.before about building on the great achievements of previous Labour
:08:56. > :08:58.governments. One of the greatest achievements of the government
:08:59. > :09:03.elected in 1997 was the establishment of a national minimum,
:09:04. > :09:15.lifting millions out of poverty, and I pay tribute to that governments
:09:16. > :09:18.are doing it. But remember, the Tories oppose that, claiming it
:09:19. > :09:27.would cost millions of jobs. United in purpose, we won the argument.
:09:28. > :09:34.Under the next Labour government everyone will have enough to live
:09:35. > :09:49.on. We will write into law a real living wage.
:09:50. > :09:57.We will set it at the level needed for a decent life. Independent
:09:58. > :10:08.forecasts suggest this will be over ?10 per hour.
:10:09. > :10:14.We will not stand by and see our key industries flounder and prosperity
:10:15. > :10:19.put at risk. When we return to government we will implement a
:10:20. > :10:24.comprehensive strategy in partnership with trade unions and
:10:25. > :10:29.employers. I'm pleased that this conference is being held in
:10:30. > :10:36.Liverpool. I was born in the city not far from here. My dad was a
:10:37. > :10:45.doctor and my mum was a cleaner. They worked for 30 years behind the
:10:46. > :10:47.BHS store counter. We lived in some of the worst slum conditions that
:10:48. > :10:56.existed within this country. We just cold home. That's called at home. As
:10:57. > :10:58.the result of a Labour government I remember the day we celebrated
:10:59. > :11:01.moving into our council house. My brother and I had a bedroom of her
:11:02. > :11:07.own for the first time, a guard front and rear. Both of us born in
:11:08. > :11:11.NHS hospitals, had a great free education. There was an atmosphere
:11:12. > :11:16.of eternal optimism. Our generation always thought from here on their
:11:17. > :11:19.would be a steady improvement in living standards. We expected the
:11:20. > :11:28.lives of each generation to improve on the last. Successive Tory
:11:29. > :11:31.government put an end to that. Under Jeremy's leadership I believe we can
:11:32. > :11:38.restore that optimism, faith in the future. I see this in the birthplace
:11:39. > :11:52.of John Lennon, it falls to us to inspire people to imagine again.
:11:53. > :12:00.Imagine a society... APPLAUSE. Imagine the society we can create.
:12:01. > :12:04.It's a society that is radically transformed, radically fairer, more
:12:05. > :12:11.equal and democratic, East on a prosperous society, sustainable, but
:12:12. > :12:18.where that prosperity is shared by all. That is our vision to transform
:12:19. > :12:22.Britain. In this party you no longer need to whisper its name. It is
:12:23. > :12:31.called socialism. Solidarity. APPLAUSE. John McDonnell. Straight
:12:32. > :12:34.after the speech I spoke to Paul Mason, the left-wing journalist
:12:35. > :12:42.close to the leadership, to get his reaction. The next phase for the
:12:43. > :12:46.party is the interventionist idea. There are a few detailed proposals
:12:47. > :12:51.in there, reaching inside companies and saying you cannot do this, you
:12:52. > :12:57.cannot not pay the minimum wage, he was very clear, we're not talking
:12:58. > :13:01.about innovation, illegality, we are talking about legitimate tax
:13:02. > :13:08.avoidance that companies like apple and Google use. It is going to be
:13:09. > :13:14.subject to contract compliance rules in the public sector. Before Brexit,
:13:15. > :13:20.all this compliance was not possible. That's an interesting
:13:21. > :13:24.thing. You've seen John McDonnell says there are no EU rules to worry
:13:25. > :13:31.about, if we want to change the private sector we will do it. Some
:13:32. > :13:41.people even stood up at the end, they are quite happy with it at this
:13:42. > :13:45.conference. We are assessed with Momentum and entry is, I see that as
:13:46. > :13:49.a very trade union influenced speech. There were big throws to
:13:50. > :14:01.people like the GMB has been wavering. Paul Mason. Policies came
:14:02. > :14:03.thick and fast. Let's hear from the Shadow Secretary of State for
:14:04. > :14:11.Brexit, Emily Thornberry. Conference, I'm so proud to stand in
:14:12. > :14:18.Liverpool, or should I say Labour Liverpool. A loyal member of the
:14:19. > :14:30.Shadow Cabinet in what is once again Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party.
:14:31. > :14:34.APPLAUSE. Without long-term certainty over funding other regions
:14:35. > :14:39.cannot plan ahead, and not attract other investment or make progress.
:14:40. > :14:46.Thanks to John McDonnell, Labour's Shadow Chancellor, we can guarantee
:14:47. > :14:52.that a future Labour government will make up any shortfall in structural
:14:53. > :14:58.funding into the 2020 decade and beyond. The same will go further
:14:59. > :15:04.funding of peace and reconciliation projects in Northern Ireland. The
:15:05. > :15:05.people who stand to lose out most must be looked after first and that
:15:06. > :15:16.is what we shall do. We must stand up for the kind of
:15:17. > :15:24.Britain we want to see. A Britain freighting outward -- facing
:15:25. > :15:30.outwards, a Britain that does not build walls, a Britain that is a
:15:31. > :15:35.global leader and actively works to build the kind of world that we can
:15:36. > :15:39.be proud to hand onto our children. We know how irresponsible it would
:15:40. > :15:42.be to ignore the problem of climate change and to leave our
:15:43. > :15:46.grandchildren to worry about the consequences so why don't we say the
:15:47. > :15:52.same about nuclear weapons, which can destroy the world we live in in
:15:53. > :15:57.minutes, not just a case? A future Labour government will not only
:15:58. > :16:02.revive talks on multilateral nuclear disarmament, we will make the
:16:03. > :16:07.success of those talks the two test -- the test of the success of our
:16:08. > :16:12.policy. Today I'm announcing an international partnership called
:16:13. > :16:19.Just Trading, sister parties and like-minded legislators working
:16:20. > :16:29.together to produce a best in class trading system based on dignity, and
:16:30. > :16:32.Just Trading will be a community agreeing to trade deals based on
:16:33. > :16:37.just relationships and our shared values. The next Labour government
:16:38. > :16:45.will launch a new programme called repowering Britain that puts you in
:16:46. > :16:48.control. It will build on the innovation and leadership of 70
:16:49. > :16:55.Labour councils who have commented to run their towns on 100% clean
:16:56. > :17:01.energy by 2050. Because we need to localise the way energy is produced
:17:02. > :17:05.and stored. Clive Lewis and I are announcing that the next Labour
:17:06. > :17:09.government will roll out a home is fit for heroes programme that will
:17:10. > :17:19.insulate the homes of our disabled veterans for free.
:17:20. > :17:26.There are technical problems with fracking and they give rise to real
:17:27. > :17:31.environmental dangers but technical problems can be overcome. So on
:17:32. > :17:38.their own, they are not a good enough reason to ban fracking. The
:17:39. > :17:40.real reason to ban fracking is that it locks us into an energy
:17:41. > :17:47.infrastructure that is based on fossil fuels long after our country
:17:48. > :17:49.needs to have moved to clean energy. Today I'm announcing that a future
:17:50. > :18:00.Labour government will ban fracking. First, I'm a socialist, I believe
:18:01. > :18:04.that society is stronger, can achieve more when we stand together
:18:05. > :18:11.and that every citizen has an equal stake in our future. It is to me a
:18:12. > :18:14.simple truth that a nation aspiring to decency and fairness does not
:18:15. > :18:20.punish the disabled and disadvantaged. The Labour Party has
:18:21. > :18:24.placed to get rid of the discriminatory and unfair bedroom
:18:25. > :18:26.tax but I want to scrap the discredited work capability
:18:27. > :18:35.assessment and replace it with a system...
:18:36. > :18:39.APPLAUSE I'll say it again, I want to scrap
:18:40. > :18:48.the discredited work credibility assessment. And I want to replace it
:18:49. > :18:50.with a system built on personalised holistic support providing each
:18:51. > :18:54.individual with a tailored plan building on their strengths and
:18:55. > :19:01.addressing barriers, where the skills, health, care, transport or
:19:02. > :19:04.housing related. The government's punitive sanctions system must go
:19:05. > :19:08.too so job centre plus employment support providers performance will
:19:09. > :19:13.not just be assessed on how many people they get on their books. I
:19:14. > :19:18.want to see disabled people better supported into and at work. We will
:19:19. > :19:22.reduce the disability gap by half and we mean it. Labour is united on
:19:23. > :19:28.many policies but not all. The thorny issue of Trident renewal
:19:29. > :19:33.considers the Leeds continues to cause divisions. Here is the Shadow
:19:34. > :19:37.Defence Secretary Clive Lewis. As you know, I'm sceptical about
:19:38. > :19:37.Trident renewal, as are many here in this room today.
:19:38. > :19:51.APPLAUSE But I am clear that our party has a
:19:52. > :19:57.policy for tried three Newell. I also want to be clear that our
:19:58. > :20:04.party's policy is also that we share the ambition of a nuclear free world
:20:05. > :20:08.-- for Trident three Newell. Clive Lewis stating the current policy on
:20:09. > :20:11.Trident renewal. It seems that the Shadow Defence Secretary wanted to
:20:12. > :20:17.be even more enthusiastic about not changing Labour's policy towards the
:20:18. > :20:20.nuclear deterrent this side of the election but Jeremy Corbyn has
:20:21. > :20:26.always been in favour of unilateral nuclear disarmament and the leader's
:20:27. > :20:29.office forced him to water down his remarks. The Shadow Defence
:20:30. > :20:34.Secretary is playing down the disagreement. Every speech is a
:20:35. > :20:38.collective process and I think you guys, I was happy with the speech
:20:39. > :20:42.and you guys are trying to trip me up and upset me. I'm happy with
:20:43. > :20:50.where we are. Was your autocue changed? A speech is a collaborative
:20:51. > :20:55.process, that is all I can say. I'm in a happy place. I'm so pleased my
:20:56. > :21:01.speech is out of the way and I want to get on with the conference. The
:21:02. > :21:06.whole thing has to be signed off. Collective responsibility. The whole
:21:07. > :21:12.thing is collective response ability, all done and dusted. Thank
:21:13. > :21:17.you very much. So that's all fine then. If you think Jeremy Corbyn has
:21:18. > :21:23.a difficult job, spare a thought for Labour's leader in Scotland, Kezia
:21:24. > :21:28.Dugdale. Relegated to third place behind the SNP and the Tories, in
:21:29. > :21:32.the last Scottish parliamentary elections, it isn't clear if Labour
:21:33. > :21:37.will ever recover to the dominant position it once enjoyed in
:21:38. > :21:41.Scotland. Here she is outlining how she plans to put Labour back on the
:21:42. > :21:46.front foot. Next year we face elections across the United Kingdom,
:21:47. > :21:51.where Labour candidates in Scotland, England and Wales will be standing
:21:52. > :21:55.to protect our local services. The elections in England also mark a new
:21:56. > :22:00.stage in devolution for the United Kingdom. It is long overdue and
:22:01. > :22:05.shouldn't just be the start of the new chapter for the United Kingdom
:22:06. > :22:08.but for the Labour Party. For too long our politics and our party have
:22:09. > :22:11.been dominated by what happened in the corner of the City of
:22:12. > :22:17.Westminster. But politics happens everywhere. Not just on the green
:22:18. > :22:24.benches of the House of Commons, it happens in town halls come on street
:22:25. > :22:27.corners, doorsteps and online. We saw it in the energy unleashed on
:22:28. > :22:33.both sides of the Scottish independence referendum and again
:22:34. > :22:38.during the EU referendum. The founders of the Labour Party created
:22:39. > :22:41.a party for working people for Parliament and the country and in
:22:42. > :22:47.this age of devolution our mission should be to build the party in
:22:48. > :22:54.every assembly, town Hall in every area of Britain.
:22:55. > :22:59.The route to victory for the next Labour government will not just run
:23:00. > :23:06.through Westminster, it will start with success in Edinburgh, in
:23:07. > :23:10.Cardiff, the great English cities such as Liverpool and Manchester. We
:23:11. > :23:13.will only succeed when we connect to every community in our country and
:23:14. > :23:17.by never forgetting that we should be guided by the views and voices of
:23:18. > :23:23.the people we seek to represent. Labour will not sit back and do
:23:24. > :23:26.nothing, and that is why today I can announce that when the Scottish
:23:27. > :23:30.Government presents eight budget to parliament we will place amendments
:23:31. > :23:36.to introduce the 50p tax on those earning over ?150 and add a penny of
:23:37. > :23:40.tax to pay for public services. Making decisions for Scotland that
:23:41. > :23:45.the Tories would never make and using the powers that we have argued
:23:46. > :23:49.for. This together with our other tax proposals will enable us to stop
:23:50. > :23:55.further cuts to the public services we all rely on. With the full range
:23:56. > :24:00.of powers the Scottish Parliament now has the SNP government faces a
:24:01. > :24:05.clear choice, except a Tory budget from Westminster or go our own way.
:24:06. > :24:11.With proposals to grow the Scottish economy, protect ghouls and hour is
:24:12. > :24:21.the doors. -- our hospitals -- protect schools. We need to invest
:24:22. > :24:26.and provide the next generation of Scots the chance they need to
:24:27. > :24:29.succeed. If the SNP minority government does not accept these
:24:30. > :24:34.proposals and forces another austerity budget on Holyrood, we
:24:35. > :24:39.will vote against it. If they want support they will need to look to
:24:40. > :24:48.the Tories full-back. Labour will not help the SNP pass an austerity
:24:49. > :24:52.budget on our watch. Scotland faces enough risk and uncertainty without
:24:53. > :24:56.the Tories' reckless Brexit gamble. We don't need the risk and
:24:57. > :25:00.uncertainty of another independence referendum and that is why we will
:25:01. > :25:11.vote against any proposal for a second independence referendum in
:25:12. > :25:16.this Parliament. As we face negotiations on membership of the EU
:25:17. > :25:21.and the future of public services, we cannot afford on our government
:25:22. > :25:25.taking their eye off the ball. So many challenges facing Scotland in
:25:26. > :25:31.the future, we shouldn't return to the divisions of the past. Our
:25:32. > :25:34.message to Nicola Sturgeon is this, First Minister, our country is
:25:35. > :25:42.already divided enough, do not divide us again.
:25:43. > :25:50.Kezia Dugdale. Fringe event is always more fun and sometimes more
:25:51. > :25:58.important than the main event in the big hole. This year Momentum,
:25:59. > :26:02.campaigning for Mr Corbyn's re-election, encouraged new
:26:03. > :26:06.supporters and admirers do come to what is almost a parallel conference
:26:07. > :26:12.in Liverpool -- big hall. We paid them a visit. This festival is
:26:13. > :26:16.happening near Chinatown in an arts venue, called the World Transformed.
:26:17. > :26:22.Let's find out how the world is going to be transformed. This is
:26:23. > :26:26.organised by Momentum, the group going out of Jeremy Corbyn's first
:26:27. > :26:31.leadership campaign so they have a stall at next door is the nation's
:26:32. > :26:33.largest ethical streetwear brand selling Jeremy Corbyn T-shirts and
:26:34. > :26:43.apparently this is the best selling one here. This is the book shop
:26:44. > :26:47.called News from nowhere, run by a women's cooperative, featuring a
:26:48. > :26:53.Jeremy Corbyn colouring in book and a collection of poems in honour of
:26:54. > :27:02.the Labour leader. Then magically Jeremy Corbyn dropped incompletely
:27:03. > :27:11.unannounced. INAUDIBLE Predictably, this lot went wild.
:27:12. > :27:14.This corner is where people come to have a rant on any subject they feel
:27:15. > :27:21.strongly about, like Michelle is about to do now. Instant
:27:22. > :27:27.gratification, get money, no jobs, government, no pay, workfare, no pay
:27:28. > :27:32.at Poundland, Poundland, no paid work, instant gratification. If that
:27:33. > :27:38.activism leaves you hungry, why not join the queue for one of the famous
:27:39. > :27:44.pies on offer. This is a Shankly pie, made of steak, onion gravy and
:27:45. > :27:48.mushroom and bacon. The hall is dominated by these banners for
:27:49. > :27:51.causes ranging from the Liverpool dockers to climate change, to people
:27:52. > :27:56.who have been killed in police custody. There is more art here
:27:57. > :28:09.where you can find Philip the sculptor, working on a bust of
:28:10. > :28:15.relative of Pankhurst. That is the World Transformed.
:28:16. > :28:21.That is your lot for tonight. Tomorrow the Shadow Health Secretary
:28:22. > :28:25.and loyal Corbynista Darren Abbott -- Diane Abbott is going to lay out
:28:26. > :28:30.her health plans and we hear from you Labour politician in power,
:28:31. > :28:36.Sadiq Khan. London Mayor is not an equally paid-up member of the Corbyn
:28:37. > :28:39.Fanclub. The deputy leader Tom Watson is speaking tomorrow so we
:28:40. > :28:46.will find out how much support he offers Mr Corbyn. And Robbie back at
:28:47. > :28:54.noon tomorrow with another daily, six -- and I will be back at noon
:28:55. > :29:00.tomorrow with another daily politics. Until then, good night.
:29:01. > :29:02.He didn't understand other people's feelings.
:29:03. > :29:09.But then, they weren't important to him,
:29:10. > :29:10.As we sit with the distinct rattle of a railway