:00:11. > :00:14.Welcome to Birmingham for another Today At Conference
:00:15. > :00:27.Tory party managers wanted to move on from Brexit today to the wider
:00:28. > :00:32.Tory agenda. With the pound plummeting to a 31 year low because
:00:33. > :00:38.of fears of a so-called hard Brexit, that wasn't so easy. Even so, Health
:00:39. > :00:41.Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced plans to increase the number of
:00:42. > :00:47.student doctors so the NHS wouldn't have to depend so much on foreign
:00:48. > :00:53.doctors. Michael Fallon unveiled measures to protect British troops
:00:54. > :00:58.from bogus legal claims. And we have asked British Conservatives who they
:00:59. > :01:03.are backing in the US presidential election. Trump, I think, just so I
:01:04. > :01:06.can see the president of North Korea's phase when someone whispers
:01:07. > :01:24.in his ear, Donald Trump is president. -- face. Jeremy Hunt has
:01:25. > :01:30.had to deal with budgets straight to -- stretched and breaking point and
:01:31. > :01:33.the unhappiness of staff. He must've been relieved for once to be among
:01:34. > :01:44.friends. Is it simply isn't acceptable that
:01:45. > :01:50.according to eight recent studies, we have a weekend effect, which
:01:51. > :01:52.means mortality rates are up to 15% higher for those admitted on or
:01:53. > :01:58.around weekend. Our seven-day hospital
:01:59. > :02:00.plans are simple. The Academy of
:02:01. > :02:01.Medical Royal Colleges One says that whatever
:02:02. > :02:04.day of the week it is, highly vulnerable patients
:02:05. > :02:07.should be checked by a consultant That's because it's vital
:02:08. > :02:11.to spot quickly if someone But when we last
:02:12. > :02:15.checked, that happens Another standard says
:02:16. > :02:21.that whatever day of the week, patients should be checked
:02:22. > :02:24.by a senior doctor within 14 hours Again, pretty vital
:02:25. > :02:29.for patients, but when we checked, it was happening in just
:02:30. > :02:33.one in ten hospitals. These standards are primarily
:02:34. > :02:37.about consultants, but junior doctors, especially the more
:02:38. > :02:40.experienced ones, must play their So, whilst we are all pleased
:02:41. > :02:47.that this week's strike has been called off, I say to the BMA and all
:02:48. > :02:52.junior doctors, let's not argue about statistics or whether we can
:02:53. > :02:55.do more to raise standards for The NHS you believe in is the NHS
:02:56. > :03:02.we are building, so call off the strikes for good and start
:03:03. > :03:06.working with us to deliver safer care, seven days a week,
:03:07. > :03:13.for patients and their families. And my job
:03:14. > :03:21.is to prepare the NHS for the future, and that means doing
:03:22. > :03:25.something today that we've never Currently, a quarter
:03:26. > :03:34.of our doctors come from Frankly, the NHS would
:03:35. > :03:42.fall over without them. When it comes to those that are EU
:03:43. > :03:45.nationals, we've been clear - we want them to be able
:03:46. > :03:51.to stay, post-Brexit. But looking forward,
:03:52. > :03:54.is it right to carry on importing doctors from poorer
:03:55. > :03:58.countries that need them whilst we turn away bright home graduates
:03:59. > :04:02.desperate to study medicine? Even if we wanted
:04:03. > :04:04.to carry on importing The World Health
:04:05. > :04:12.Organisation says there is a global We aren't the only
:04:13. > :04:16.country with an ageing fifth largest economy in the world,
:04:17. > :04:23.so we should be training all the doctors we need, and today I can
:04:24. > :04:26.tell you that's exactly what we're From September 2018, we'll train up
:04:27. > :04:45.to 1500 more doctors every year, That's the biggest annual increase
:04:46. > :04:54.in medical school training in the Of course, it will take
:04:55. > :05:00.a number of years before these students qualify,
:05:01. > :05:02.but by the end of the next Parliament, we will make the NHS
:05:03. > :05:04.self-sufficient in Training a doctor
:05:05. > :05:21.costs over ?200,000, so, all new doctors to work for the NHS
:05:22. > :05:26.for four years, just as Army recruits are asked to,
:05:27. > :05:31.after their training. The result will be more home doctors
:05:32. > :05:36.and fewer rota gaps in a safer NHS, looking after you and your
:05:37. > :05:56.family for years to come. Anger has been mounting about legal
:05:57. > :06:00.claims against British soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan,
:06:01. > :06:04.fanned by newspaper campaigns and the actions of some ambulance
:06:05. > :06:07.chasing lawyers. Nowhere is that anger greater than among the Tory
:06:08. > :06:12.party faithful. So when Michael Fallon addressed them today, he had
:06:13. > :06:18.to have some solutions to offer. Now, leaving the European Union does
:06:19. > :06:24.not mean that we are stepping back from our commitments, our commitment
:06:25. > :06:31.to the security of our continent. We will continue to have the biggest
:06:32. > :06:36.defence budget in Europe, meeting that 2% Nato spending target. We
:06:37. > :06:41.will lead in Nato, the cornerstone of our defence, by putting troops on
:06:42. > :06:45.to its eastern border next year. But we will go one blocking an EU army
:06:46. > :07:03.that would simply undermine Nato. But we've now seen our legal system
:07:04. > :07:04.abused to falsely accuse our Armed Forces, so we're doing something
:07:05. > :07:22.about it. So, let me tell you what we're
:07:23. > :07:27.doing. Of more than 3000 claims originally lodged, about half have
:07:28. > :07:32.already been discontinued, and another 1000 cases will be thrown
:07:33. > :07:37.out by January. Already, one of the firms that file thousands of these
:07:38. > :07:41.claims, so-called public interest lawyers, has had its legal aid
:07:42. > :07:51.contract terminated and shut down in August, and it won't be missed. So,
:07:52. > :07:55.we're working hard to get the vexatious claims thrown out, and
:07:56. > :08:02.we're taking action to drop a new time limit for bringing claims and
:08:03. > :08:08.to tackle no-win, no fee deals. But much of the litigation we face comes
:08:09. > :08:14.from the extension of the European Convention on human rights to the
:08:15. > :08:18.battlefield. That has been damaging our troops, undermining military
:08:19. > :08:33.operations and costing the taxpayer millions that should be invested in
:08:34. > :08:36.defence itself. I can announce today that in future conflicts, we intend
:08:37. > :08:49.to derogate from the European convention.
:08:50. > :08:55.That will protect in future our Armed Forces from many of the
:08:56. > :09:02.industrial scale claims we've seen arising out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
:09:03. > :09:04.I want to be clear - this is not about putting our Armed Forces above
:09:05. > :09:12.the law. They wouldn't want that. They have to comply with the
:09:13. > :09:17.criminal law of this country, and of course, with the Geneva conventions.
:09:18. > :09:22.Serious claims must be investigated, but spurious claims will be stopped,
:09:23. > :09:32.and our Armed Forces will now be able to do their job fighting the
:09:33. > :09:36.enemy and not be lawyers. -- and not the lawyers.
:09:37. > :09:38.After he made his speech, I spoke to Mr Fallon,
:09:39. > :09:41.and I began by suggesting to him that as the Government can
:09:42. > :09:43.already chose to opt out of the European Convention
:09:44. > :09:46.when going into a conflict, there wasn't actually much new here.
:09:47. > :09:51.We have to get Parliament to vote on an amendment to the Human
:09:52. > :09:54.Rights Act allowing us to take the power to derogate in future
:09:55. > :09:56.conflicts, so this is a big decision today.
:09:57. > :10:00.It means we'll be asking Parliament to ensure that in future
:10:01. > :10:08.conflicts, the Government of the day will have the power to derogate.
:10:09. > :10:09.And what do you do if Parliament says,
:10:10. > :10:12.no, we don't want to give you a blank cheque.
:10:13. > :10:14.We'll just vote on a conflict by conflict basis?
:10:15. > :10:24.Don't forget, it allows you to derogate.
:10:25. > :10:28.That was for the French state of emergency, not a foreign
:10:29. > :10:33.Let's not forget, the convention wasn't drawn up to deal with foreign
:10:34. > :10:36.conflict, it was drawn up, as you will well
:10:37. > :10:37.know, after the war, for
:10:38. > :10:39.those countries that had been fighting with each other.
:10:40. > :10:41.Why do you think that no country has sought a
:10:42. > :10:44.They haven't been subject to industrial
:10:45. > :10:48.Several thousand allegations have been made up and
:10:49. > :10:50.pushed through the system against our troops years
:10:51. > :10:58.If they are spurious, why has your department paid out so much
:10:59. > :11:03.Because under the convention, you have to do that,
:11:04. > :11:06.otherwise the court would rule against you.
:11:07. > :11:09.And that is precisely the point - we will save in
:11:10. > :11:13.I think we've paid out some ?20 million in some 300 cases.
:11:14. > :11:18.Which we shouldn't have had to settle because the convention has
:11:19. > :11:23.We're going to disapply the convention in the most
:11:24. > :11:25.obvious area, for example, the right to liberty.
:11:26. > :11:27.If someone is firing on
:11:28. > :11:31.British troops and they then detain them, they shouldn't be able to sue
:11:32. > :11:33.for loss of liberty while you are arresting them,
:11:34. > :11:36.trying to find out who they are, who they are working
:11:37. > :11:41.So we must stop that kind of nonsense.
:11:42. > :11:43.Are you telling our viewers this morning that your
:11:44. > :11:47.million in compensation to people who don't deserve it?
:11:48. > :11:49.We've had to, because of the court system, because
:11:50. > :11:56.That's precisely why we're action today to make sure that
:11:57. > :12:00.defence budget money is spent on the Armed Forces,
:12:01. > :12:05.But there were cases where our army detained people
:12:06. > :12:14.Where there are serious allegations, they need to be
:12:15. > :12:19.No one is saying they should be above the law.
:12:20. > :12:21.But there is the criminal law of the
:12:22. > :12:23.United Kingdom, and there are the Geneva conventions.
:12:24. > :12:25.Our Armed Forces have to respect them and will go on
:12:26. > :12:28.respecting them in the future after we have derogated.
:12:29. > :12:31.What do you say to the army's former chief legal adviser in
:12:32. > :12:34.Iraq who said that if it wasn't for the ECHR, genuine cases, real
:12:35. > :12:38.grievances, would never have come to light?
:12:39. > :12:43.There are plenty of ways in which grievances can be pursued.
:12:44. > :12:47.You know, they can't be investigated when you're
:12:48. > :12:50.cluttered up with several thousand allegations that really have no
:12:51. > :12:59.If there are serious allegations, they will be pursued.
:13:00. > :13:05.Tory Home Secretary 's are often unpopular, even in their own party,
:13:06. > :13:09.but Amber Rudd has a special problem. She campaigned for Remain
:13:10. > :13:15.in the referendum. She is broadly liberal in Outlook, and her
:13:16. > :13:20.predecessor was in the job for six years and is now her boss. That
:13:21. > :13:23.would be Theresa May. It was probably wise to make the main theme
:13:24. > :13:24.of her speech today about immigration.
:13:25. > :13:27.It's no secret that, earlier this year, I campaigned
:13:28. > :13:30.on behalf of the Remain side in the EU referendum.
:13:31. > :13:36.I travelled the country, setting out my views and reasons.
:13:37. > :13:40.I sparred with the Foreign Secretary live and television.
:13:41. > :13:43.Now he keeps on offering me lifts in his car.
:13:44. > :13:46.But it comes down to the fact that the British people
:13:47. > :13:51.made their wishes very clear, and I absolutely accept the result.
:13:52. > :13:57.While we are still members of the EU, there are things
:13:58. > :13:59.we can get on with immediately, and there are things
:14:00. > :14:03.which the EU is currently considering which we can support,
:14:04. > :14:07.particularly those measures to tackle crime and terrorism.
:14:08. > :14:10.Many of them were our idea in the first place.
:14:11. > :14:13.So we are going to overhaul our legislation to make it easier
:14:14. > :14:16.to deport criminals and those who abuse our laws.
:14:17. > :14:27.By setting out in legislation what is in the fundamental
:14:28. > :14:32.interests of the UK, we will make it easier to deport EU criminals,
:14:33. > :14:37.aligning their fortunes more closely with those from outside the EU.
:14:38. > :14:42.for the first time, we will deport EU nationals
:14:43. > :14:47.that repeatedly commit so-called minor crimes in this country.
:14:48. > :14:54.So, conference, today I'm setting out
:14:55. > :14:57.how we will get immigration under control.
:14:58. > :15:02.In the long term, by reducing the numbers that come from Europe.
:15:03. > :15:06.In the mid term, by reforming the student and work route of entry.
:15:07. > :15:09.And in the short term, taking action to help communities
:15:10. > :15:12.affected by high levels of immigration,
:15:13. > :15:17.and stopping people coming here that threaten our security.
:15:18. > :15:28.I am not interested in people using cultural differences
:15:29. > :15:31.as an excuse, telling us that so-called honour-based violence
:15:32. > :15:34.is something not to be interfered with.
:15:35. > :15:52.This is the United Kingdom - it has an unequivocal rule of law.
:15:53. > :15:55.If you want to live here, you abide by it -
:15:56. > :16:11.We are also making huge investment in our police and security services,
:16:12. > :16:14.both in monetary terms and with the recruitment
:16:15. > :16:19.of nearly 2000 additional staff at MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.
:16:20. > :16:25.our vital network of counterterrorism experts
:16:26. > :16:32.in the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
:16:33. > :16:39.it is our duty, conference, to fight the threats of today.
:16:40. > :16:45.I spoke to former Immigration Minister Damian Green,
:16:46. > :16:48.and I put it to him that even if there was no immigration
:16:49. > :16:53.net migration would still be way above the Government's target.
:16:54. > :16:56.It's like pushing a balloon - you push in one side
:16:57. > :16:58.and another side comes out, it's a permanent struggle
:16:59. > :17:03.to keep immigration numbers at an acceptable level.
:17:04. > :17:08.No, well, it's a struggle that you have to keep at.
:17:09. > :17:12.and that was higher than the year before,
:17:13. > :17:14.and that was higher than the year before that.
:17:15. > :17:18.And then went up again for four years.
:17:19. > :17:24.That is four years, by my arithmetic!
:17:25. > :17:27.It came down and went up again, and it went up again
:17:28. > :17:29.partly because our economy was growing much faster
:17:30. > :17:32.than the economy of many other European countries.
:17:33. > :17:35.So now, in some ways, of course, that makes it more difficult
:17:36. > :17:38.to control immigration, but I don't think
:17:39. > :17:42.anyone's complaining about the fact that we had a higher growth rate
:17:43. > :17:44.than many of our comparable countries.
:17:45. > :17:47.Can you give us any idea when you might get close to your target?
:17:48. > :17:52.It will take time, I mean, I'm not the Immigration Minister
:17:53. > :17:56.any more, so I don't... But beyond 2020?
:17:57. > :18:00.It will be a few years yet, yes, but it depends how fast
:18:01. > :18:04.the relative economic growth is in other countries.
:18:05. > :18:07.I would love other countries in Europe to get to grips
:18:08. > :18:08.with their economies, particularly inside the eurozone,
:18:09. > :18:11.so if their economies were growing, so the very many young people
:18:12. > :18:14.who come to this country from Spain and Italy and so on
:18:15. > :18:21.You put the doctors and other medical people
:18:22. > :18:25.who are here working already, who came of their own volition,
:18:26. > :18:27.you've put them on deportation notice.
:18:28. > :18:35.No, we haven't, we've just said we're going to train more doctors.
:18:36. > :18:38.Really? Hold on, the Prime Minister on the BBC this morning, when asked,
:18:39. > :18:41.would foreign doctors already here be allowed to stay,
:18:42. > :18:42.her answer was, quote, until further numbers
:18:43. > :18:46.When we train our doctors, they will want to find jobs...
:18:47. > :18:52.That is a deportation notice warning to doctors already here.
:18:53. > :18:56.Would you like to clarify that any doctor or other trained medical
:18:57. > :19:01.person who's come to this country, regardless of the doctors
:19:02. > :19:03.that we train in the future, we'll see if that happens,
:19:04. > :19:08.They are welcome while they are doing a job,
:19:09. > :19:11.and they'll be necessary, and they'll want to carry on
:19:12. > :19:12.doing those jobs, and different people
:19:13. > :19:14.reach the number of years they've been here
:19:15. > :19:16.which give them indefinite leave to remain...
:19:17. > :19:21.One of the phrases I used incessantly as Immigration Minister
:19:22. > :19:24.was we don't just want our fair share of the best and brightest,
:19:25. > :19:27.we want more than our fair share of the best and the brightest,
:19:28. > :19:32.we want to make this a really attractive country to come to.
:19:33. > :19:34.Boris Johnson has said he wants more Australians to come,
:19:35. > :19:36.Mr Hammond thinks the City should be exempt
:19:37. > :19:38.from any kind of immigration controls,
:19:39. > :19:41.and Sajid Javid says we need more foreign builders.
:19:42. > :19:46.So if all these extra people are coming into the country,
:19:47. > :19:49.who is not going to come in? Well, it's not extra people,
:19:50. > :19:53.these are people who are already coming in.
:19:54. > :19:55.No, Mr Johnson said he wants more Australians coming,
:19:56. > :19:58.Sajid Javid said, we need more foreign builders.
:19:59. > :20:01.One of your other colleagues said we need more farm workers!
:20:02. > :20:04.If you're thinking that we need all these extra people
:20:05. > :20:07.to come into the country, who are you not going to let in?
:20:08. > :20:10.Are you ever going to get the numbers down to 100,000?
:20:11. > :20:14.I think the basis of any sensible immigration policy,
:20:15. > :20:18.and it's what we seem to do, is to try to bring people in
:20:19. > :20:20.who are highly skilled, who are world-class,
:20:21. > :20:22.or who are filling gaps in our labour market.
:20:23. > :20:25.Now, one of the tasks of other ministers, including me
:20:26. > :20:30.at the Department of Work and Pensions, is to make more
:20:31. > :20:33.highly skilled our own workforce so that British workers are trained up
:20:34. > :20:39.to do jobs that would otherwise have to be done by workers from overseas.
:20:40. > :20:41.Damian Green. And it was a packed schedule today.
:20:42. > :20:44.He had his own speech to give as Work and Pensions Minister,
:20:45. > :20:51.along with Education Secretary Justine Greening.
:20:52. > :20:56.Grammar schools have a track record of closing the attainment gap
:20:57. > :20:59.between children on free school meals
:21:00. > :21:03.That's because, in grammars, those children on free school meals
:21:04. > :21:07.progress twice as fast as the other children, so the gap disappears.
:21:08. > :21:14.And 99% of grammars are rated good or outstanding.
:21:15. > :21:19.Labour's approach to grammars is to close the schools down.
:21:20. > :21:24.And, conference, it's rank hypocrisy, because Labour ministers
:21:25. > :21:35.And it's classic Labour - do as I say, not as I do.
:21:36. > :21:41.We all know that children develop at different speeds,
:21:42. > :21:47.so let's be flexible on which age children can go to grammars.
:21:48. > :21:51.So let's be clear - this is not about a return
:21:52. > :21:58.And our universities, our independent schools
:21:59. > :22:01.and our faith schools will have their part to play too,
:22:02. > :22:04.working with other schools in the system.
:22:05. > :22:10.All of this is about more and better choices for parents.
:22:11. > :22:14.So today I'm announcing the first six opportunity areas
:22:15. > :22:23.I talked about our education system needing to give children
:22:24. > :22:26.and young people three things - knowledge and skills,
:22:27. > :22:30.the right advice, and great life experiences.
:22:31. > :22:35.Opportunity areas will have a push on all of these three.
:22:36. > :22:38.And our approach will be tailored to each area's needs,
:22:39. > :22:41.and that is how we'll really make a difference,
:22:42. > :22:44.and that is what opportunity areas will do.
:22:45. > :22:48.It's going to take teachers and schools, communities,
:22:49. > :22:54.I'm committed to helping disabled people.
:22:55. > :22:57.We will soon publish a green paper, together with the Department
:22:58. > :23:01.of Health, setting out a range of policy ideas to help them
:23:02. > :23:07.And we're launching a competition for small businesses
:23:08. > :23:14.to help anyone diagnosed with a health condition to stay in work.
:23:15. > :23:18.There will still be some who can't work,
:23:19. > :23:22.and it's our duty to support them properly.
:23:23. > :23:28.In particular, we should sweep away unnecessary stress
:23:29. > :23:30.and bureaucracy which weigh them down.
:23:31. > :23:33.If someone has a disease which can only get worse,
:23:34. > :23:36.making them turn up for repeated appointments
:23:37. > :23:42.to claim what they need is pointless bureaucratic nonsense.
:23:43. > :23:49.That is why I've announced that we will stop requiring people
:23:50. > :23:52.with the most severe, lifetime conditions
:23:53. > :23:55.to be assessed again and again for the out-of-work benefits.
:23:56. > :23:58.If their condition is not going to improve,
:23:59. > :24:04.it is not right to ask them to be tested after time.
:24:05. > :24:16.Of course, we still need to look after
:24:17. > :24:22.the 13 million people who are receiving the state pension.
:24:23. > :24:28.In the 1980s, 40% of our pensioners lived in poverty.
:24:29. > :24:41.We committed in our manifesto to help older people.
:24:42. > :24:43.That means protecting pension benefits and uprating
:24:44. > :24:46.the state pension by the triple lock, because our parents
:24:47. > :24:56.and grandparents deserve to have a city work retirement.
:24:57. > :25:02.British Conservatives tend to be closer to American Republicans than
:25:03. > :25:06.Democrats, but is this still true in this extraordinary American election
:25:07. > :25:10.year? We sent out our Adam with his mood box to find out who the Tory
:25:11. > :25:12.faithful were backing, Donald Trump all Hillary Clinton?
:25:13. > :25:15.Most people here don't have a vote in the American
:25:16. > :25:17.presidential election, but we're not letting that stop us,
:25:18. > :25:19.who do people prefer? Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton?
:25:20. > :25:25.This is going to be awesome, so awesome.
:25:26. > :25:27.Clinton, she is the lesser of two evils.
:25:28. > :25:32.Grab a ball and put that in the Clinton box.
:25:33. > :25:36.It would be great to have a female president.
:25:37. > :25:46.I'm going to go for Trump, because I hate every Clinton.
:25:47. > :25:50.She is a liar, and she will say anything for votes, and I think
:25:51. > :25:57.Trump has a bit more credibility, and I would go for him.
:25:58. > :26:00.It is a kick in the face or a kick in the crotch,
:26:01. > :26:03.and Clinton would probably kick me in the crotch.
:26:04. > :26:13.I share the same hairdresser as Donald Trump,
:26:14. > :26:21.You wear it better. Mine is just as false.
:26:22. > :26:29.I'm not sure Clinton will do the best for America.
:26:30. > :26:36.It is like the Iran-Iraq war, I want them both to lose,
:26:37. > :26:39.but I think if I was an American citizen,
:26:40. > :26:43.I'm afraid it would have to be, for world peace, the safer world.
:26:44. > :26:50.This rolling ball is for Gary Johnson,
:26:51. > :27:04.Trump, I think, just so I can see the President of North Korea's face
:27:05. > :27:06.when someone whispers in his ear that Donald Trump
:27:07. > :27:24.Do you think I could have a career as a game show host? You have a
:27:25. > :27:25.perfect chance! What is there now to compete with?
:27:26. > :27:28.Jim Davidson, News At Ten, Conservative conference.
:27:29. > :27:32.Who are you going to be announcing as the winner?
:27:33. > :27:38.I don't want a madman and an idiot running
:27:39. > :27:49.I give this to the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.
:27:50. > :27:53.I won't vote for a very left-wing Democrat.
:27:54. > :27:56.I'm doing some writing about this, about the US election,
:27:57. > :28:08.and in that position, I have to remain neutral.
:28:09. > :28:13.but the majority went for Hillary Clinton.
:28:14. > :28:15.We have made the mood box great again,
:28:16. > :28:30.Tomorrow is our last Today At Conference.
:28:31. > :28:36.The set piece event is Theresa May's major keynote speech, we will bring
:28:37. > :28:41.you that live and uninterrupted. We will also bring you the warm up act,
:28:42. > :28:42.Ruth Davidson, the woman who was maybe Scottish Conservatives the
:28:43. > :28:46.number two party in Scotland. You'll be able to watch that
:28:47. > :28:48.live and uninterrupted starting at 11 tomorrow
:28:49. > :28:58.morning on BBC Two. And then we will be back tomorrow
:28:59. > :29:01.night after Newsnight, don't let the plummeting pound bite.