秋季英语演讲稿(2篇)

第1篇 英国财政大臣奥斯本在英国保守党2022年秋季年会英语演讲稿

thank you, digby, for that warm and typically robust birmingham welcome.

gathered here in this hall are the representatives of britain's great party of progress.

the party of enterprise and discovery, of liberty and the law, of the wide open seas and globalfree trade.

and we meet to lay out our case before the nation and to ask it to choose the future not thepast.

in broad street, just around the corner from this conference, stands the statue of the goldenboys.

the three great british pioneers:

matthew boulton, william murdoch, and james watt, are studying intently their plans for thenew steam engine.

it's an image that captures a golden age for our country, when the spirit of invention was aliveand the marriage of business and science made everything possible.

a time when we faced the future with confidence, and weren't afraid of the big answers to thebig questions.

i want us to be that britain.

let's raise the ambition of the nation so that everyone has the chance to succeed.

i believe it is perfectly possible for britain to be the most prosperous major country on earth.the most prosperous, the most dynamic, the most creative.

but only if we, in our generation, provide the big answers to the big questions.

only if we choose the future not the past.

for anyone who doubts this is possible, just think about what we've done together these lastfour years.

four years ago, our economy was in crisis, our country was on the floor.

but we did what we britons do best when we're being counted out.

we picked ourselves up, we sorted ourselves out and got back in the fight.

we set out our long term economic plan and worked through it.

and then two years ago in this very hall - when the clamour of our opponents was loudest andthey insisted we should abandon that plan - we held our nerve and recommitted ourselves tothe course we had set.

today i can report this to you: britain is the fastest growing, most job creating, most deficitreducing of any major advanced economy on earth.

britain, we did this together.

we made a choice to leave behind a past of spending beyond our means, a past of borrowingfrom our children.

we chose the future not the past.

we've come this far.

the deficit falling.

investment rising.

record numbers of new firms.

business growth faster in the north than anywhere else.

long term unemployment down.

youth unemployment down.

the fastest fall in unemployment on record.

almost 2 million new jobs. our long term economic plan is working.

these are the statistics.

behind each number is a person - in fact millions of people - who because of what we've donetogether now have a job.

who because of what we've done together now run their own business.

who because of what we've done together are providing for themselves and their families.

and everyone in this hall should be proud of that.

but let me tell you:

i don't stand here marvelling at how much we have done;

on the contrary i'm humbled by how much more we have to do.

the debts that need reducing.

the small businesses that need supporting.

the jobless who need employing.

the infrastructure that needs building.

the better future for britain that needs securing.

we here resolve: we will finish the job we have started.

we know that beyond the confines of all these party conferences, britain still faces hugeeconomic risks.

at home, though we've brought it down, there remains a large budget deficit and our nationaldebt is dangerously high.

abroad, our biggest markets in the eurozone are not growing.

anyone who thinks britain can ease up should look across the channel - look to the countrieswho thought they were out of crisis, eased up and so now risk returning to crisis.

and then there is the wider world beyond.

the borders with russia are aflame;

a terrible virus is sweeping through west africa;

and we're engaged in a generational struggle against barbaric islamist e_tremism.

our armed forces are once again risking their lives to protect our freedom. let us togethersalute their courage.

any and all of these events have an impact, not just on our national security but on oureconomic security.

these are big questions - but they're not the only ones we face.

we are also living through an economic upheaval as big as the industrial revolution - everysingle day new technologies, and new companies, and new economies are fundamentallyshaking up the established way of doing things.

it's e_traordinarily e_citing, and we as conservatives applaud the power it places in the handsof citizens.

it's never been easier for thousands to start their own business in britain, and reach the wholeworld.

but a single app can appear overnight and disrupt an entire industry.

it can be e_citing - yes - but unsettling too.

for this technology brings intense competition that spells rapid decline for any sector, or anycountry, that fails to keep up.

these are big questions that require big answers.

and it is our job to provide them - and the ne_t conservative government will.

that is what this party has always done - apply our values and ideas to the challenges of theage and march this country towards progress, and that is what we will do again.

labour can't do that.

did you see that speech last week?

ed miliband made a pitch for office that was so forgettable that he forgot it himself.

but i have to tell you, in all seriousness, that forgetting to talk about the deficit is not justsome hapless mistake of an accident prone politician.

it is completely and totally a disqualification for the high office he seeks.

the economy may mean nothing to labour - but it means everything to the people of britain.

it means our security, and whether we pay our bills and provide for our families - and haverewarding jobs and enjoy decent retirements.

and you know what?

there is a fashionable claim made these days - a claim that the link between the prosperityof the national economy, and the prosperity of the people who live in that economy has beenbroken.

i want to take that head on because it is a dangerous fallacy.

ask the millions of people who lost their jobs, whose incomes were cut, whose aspirations weredestroyed by the great recession;

ask them whether they think the link between their lives and the life of the economy is broken -and they will tell you from bitter e_perience that it is not.

ask the people who have bought a home because we have created the conditions for builders tobuild, and they will say: yes, it's the economy that builds houses.

and ask the millions each day who rely on our nhs too.

last week you heard promises that were built on sand.

let's be clear.

you cannot have a properly funded national health service unless you have a properly runeconomy.

put another way: it's only because we were willing to take difficult decisions on spending inother departments that we are able to increase the nhs budget every year of this parliament.

so don't let anyone in this party concede the nhs to labour.

they would ruin our nhs.

the real party of the nhs is in this hall today.

the idea that you can raise living standards or fund the brilliant nhs we want, or provide forour national security without a plan to fi_ the economy is a nonsense.

it's the economy that creates jobs.

it's the economy that pays for hospitals.

it's the economy that puts food on the table.

and we're the only party in britain with a plan to fi_ the economy.

that is the leadership we have offered the country these five years in office - and that is theleadership we should offer for the ne_t five years.

true leadership.

leadership that is working.

the leadership offered by our prime minister, david cameron.

leadership means making choices.

and britain faces some big choices.

choices about whether we're going to live within our means, or let rising debts threaten oureconomy again.

choices about whether we're going to win business and investment, or drive it away.

choices about whether we're going to tackle youth unemployment, and poor standards in ourschools, or let down a generation.

choices about building the infrastructure our future economy needs, or letting it decay.

choices about whether we are going to trust hardworking ta_payers to make their own decisionsabout their lives and their communities, or take control away from them.

the past or the future

that is the choice britain faces.

and we in this hall have no doubts. we will choose the future.

we face some immediate choices about protecting britain's hard-won economic stability

earlier this morning we heard from paul bunyan.

he gave us a powerful testimony of what economic security looks like in real life, and whathappens when you lose it.

he knows because seven years ago he was working in a branch of northern rock in newcastle.

he watched the queues of people desperate to withdraw their savings before the bankcollapsed.

he saw britain on the brink and he says we must never go back. and so do we.

economic security is at the core of what we conservatives offer.

the security of knowing that our banks are safe - so the ne_t conservative government willring-fence high street branches from the riskier city trading floors.

the security of making sure our housing market doesn't bring down our financial system.

so i am giving the bank of england e_tra powers to curb property booms and stop mortgagesbeing given to people who cannot afford to repay them.

we also need the security of knowing that britain can pay its way.

the budget deficit is approaching half what it was when we came to office, but it is still far toohigh.

so we will see through our plan to eliminate it.

and then to ensure our country is never in this position again, we must run surpluses in thegood years.

and when i say surpluses, i mean the government raising more than it spends.

labour claim they will balance the books. but independent e_perts tell you the truth: theirplans would mean they would borrow ?28 billion more each year.

running an overall surplus is the only sure way of getting our dangerously high national debtdown.

let the message go out from this conference:

after what they put this country through.

we will fi_ the roof when the sun is shining.

and that presents me with a choice - indeed, it presents all politicians with a choice.

we can either pretend to the british people before the election that this can be done withhardly any cuts. that's what we saw last week.

or we can level with people now, and tell them the kind of difficult decisions that are stillrequired to fi_ the economy.

i've done this job for almost five years.

and i can tell you, it's only because we've levelled with people that we've been able to bringthem with us on the journey our country has had to take.

the latest treasury estimate is that eliminating the deficit requires a further ?25 billion ofpermanent public e_penditure savings or new ta_es.

and i tell you in all candour, that the option of ta_ing your way out of a deficit no longere_ists, if it ever did.

in a modern global economy where people can move their investment from one country toanother at the touch of a button - and companies can relocate jobs overnight - the economicsof high ta_ation are the economics of the past.

and we choose the future.

the problem for a modern country like britain is not that it ta_es too little - it is that it spendstoo much.

the proposals labour present to the country for higher ta_es on income, ta_es on business,ta_es on savings, on investments, on finance, on pensions, homes and on jobs, would be aneconomic disaster for every person in the united kingdom.

and by the way, when scotland is rightly given greater control over its ta_es, i suspect thepeople of scotland will choose to put them down not up.

let me be clear: we will honour in full our commitments to scotland.

and we are also absolutely clear that, as scots get more control over their ta_es, it is rightthat northern ireland, wales and england should get more control over their ta_es and theirlaws too.

now i'm not going to pretend that finding ?25 billion of spending savings will be easy; but noris it impossible.

we have already found ?100 billion of savings in this parliament, so we have the track record toshow it can be done if you have discipline and grip.

in every election i have fought, conservatives have argued you can have better public serviceswithout borrowing and spending more.

that it's about making government more efficient and effective.

and labour have argued you cannot.

i believe that the record of this government has settled this argument for good.

labour were wrong.

and we were right.

theresa may has reduced the home office budget by almost 20%, but crime is down.

michael gove and nicky morgan have cut the education department bureaucracy in half, butschool standards are up.

and please join me in thanking our outstanding conservative treasury team who are helpingachieve this:

david gauke, andrea leadsom, priti patel, paul deighton and my brilliant pps rob halfon.

so, to eliminate the deficit and finish the job, we will reduce whitehall spending by at least thesame rate for the first two years of the ne_t parliament as we have done through thisparliament.

that will save at least ?13 billion.

we will go on restraining public sector pay.

and there will have to be less welfare spending too.

welfare makes up a third of the entire government budget.

we are going to live in a country where the elderly have dignity in retirement and thevulnerable and people with disabilities are protected.

but we can't afford to live in one where we spend ?100 billion on welfare payments for people ofworking age.

?100 billion.

when we have such debts?

even with the reforming decisions that iain duncan smith and i have taken, benefits have risenmore than earnings since labour's great recession.

that is not sustainable for any nation.

and it's not fair either.

so i can tell you this today.

working age benefits in britain will have to be frozen for two years.

this is the choice britain needs to take to protect our economic stability and to secure abetter future.

the fairest way to reduce welfare bills is to make sure that benefits are not rising faster thanthe wages of the ta_payers who are paying for them.

for we will provide a welfare system that is fair to those who need it, and fair to those who payfor it too.

this freeze in working age benefits saves the country over ?3bn. it is a serious contribution toreducing the deficit.

pensioner benefits and disability benefits will be e_cluded.

and to those in work i say this: where is the sense in ta_ing you more, only for you to be givensome of your own money back in welfare.

the best way to support peoples' incomes is to make sure those out of work get a job and thosein work pay less ta_.

that is why i am the chancellor in budget after budget who is increasing the ta_-free personalallowance to ?10,500, meaning working people on low and middle incomes keep up to ?800more of their hard earned money.

it's why we have cut ta_es for savers, for homeowners, for small businesses, the self-employed,cut ta_es for everyone who pays their council ta_ or fills up their car.

and that is why we have cut jobs ta_es and increased work incentives, and as a result there arealmost two million more in work. that is the choice we have made.

the good news is youth unemployment has fallen sharply.

the sad news is there are still too many young people who have fallen into a culture of welfaredependency and a life on the dole.

it's a scar on our society. it's a tragic waste of human talent. and we can end it in the ne_tparliament.

so let this party of progress make another choice.

let's abolish long term youth unemployment altogether.

so here's how we'll do it.

we'll replace job seekers allowance.

reform housing benefit.

and take the benefit cap we've introduced down to ?23,000 - because families out of workshould not get more than the average family in work.

and all of these savings will be used to fund three million new apprenticeships.

three million more chances for a better life.

so we help our citizens get jobs instead of more immigration from abroad.

we have a choice between paying our young people for a life on the dole, or giving them thekeys to a life of opportunity.

be in no doubt which side this party is on: we choose their future.

so this country must pay its debts, drive down its deficit, pull down its ta_es, and pull up itsyoung people.

and it must be the place where business invests and businesses thrive.

it's not by accident that more than two million private sector jobs have been created under thisgovernment.

it is the deliberate policy of this government to support job creators.

and yet for the first time in my adult life we have a labour party that is positively anti-business.

it came through in every sentence ed miliband remembered - the bit we wished he'd forgotten.

by the general election we will have delivered on the promise i made to you in my first speechas chancellor, here in birmingham.

britain will have the lowest, most competitive business ta_es of any large country in the world.

unbelievably, labour want to reverse this.

this is their policy: to be firm against firms. their business to be against business.

as if they'd forgotten that people work in businesses and their wages come from firms.

we instead are proud to be the party of firms and of businesses and of peoples' incomes andpeoples' jobs and peoples' livelihoods.

for when we choose to be on the side of enterprise we are choosing to be on the side of thebritish people.

this party of progress is the party of free markets and of fair markets too.

how dare the labour party attempt to give lessons on fairness.

hang on a minute.

who's the party restoring the real value of the minimum wage?

who is the party tackling abuse of zero hours contracts?

who is the party capping pay day loans?

not 13 years of labour

they were too busy capping each other.

it is us, the conservative party, who understand markets must be fair if they are to be free.

and it is this pro-business conservative chancellor who says to some of the biggest technologycompanies in the world, this today:

you are welcome here in britain with open arms.

you have the advantages of:

our skilled population to work for you;

broadband connections to deliver your services;

and our nhs to keep your employees healthy.

advantages that have to be paid for.

so while we offer some of the lowest business ta_es in the world, we e_pect those ta_es to bepaid - not avoided.

some technology companies go to e_traordinary lengths to pay little or no ta_ here.

if you abuse our ta_ system, you abuse the trust of the british people.

and my message to those companies is clear:

we will put a stop to it.

low ta_es, but low ta_es that are paid.

part of our effort to reduce our deficit.

for our choice is that we are all in this together.

it was this government that started the global work on changing international ta_ rules.

this autumn we will lead the world in implementing those changes here in britain.

the future for britain is to be a low ta_ country where people play by the rules.

the future for britain is to be a pro-business country.

and we also have to build for that future.

big decisions on infrastructure have always been controversial and always will be.

the railways were bitterly opposed in the nineteenth century.

the motorways were opposed in the twentieth century.

let's face it, even today this country has spent forty years failing to take a decision aboutbuilding a new runway in the south east of england.

there are always one hundred reasons to stick with the past, but we need to choose the future.

we should ask ourselves what the golden boys in that statue outside would have done.

what choice would those great britons have made?

would they have said, our trains may be packed, our roads congested, our transport systemcan't cope, but we won't build any more roads or new railways?

no they would not.

would they have said, yes we mined for coal deep underground, and e_plored for oil beneathour seas, but we should leave the e_traordinary shale gas reserves untouched beneath ourfeet?

no they would not.

would they have said that the country that built the first civil nuclear power station should notbuild anymore?

no they would not.

would they have said its ok if our children can't afford houses so long as we have them?

no they would not.

and would the golden boys who were part of an age of enlightenment that discovered thevaccine for smallpo_ have said:

we're not going to have any research into those genetic medicines and crops that will savecountless lives in the future?

no they would not.

we must choose the future.

we will tap the shale gas, commission nuclear power and renewables, and guarantee ourenergy for the future.

we will build the high speed rail, decide where to put a runway and support the ne_t generationwith starter homes in a permanent help to buy.

we must learn from the past, not be the past.

decide or decline.

that is the choice.

we must choose the future.

and this future can't just be about prosperity for one corner of our country.

i grew up in london, and i am full of wonder at the way it has become a global capital,attracting the young, the talented and the ambitious from across the world.

that is a huge strength for the whole of britain.

but i am also the first chancellor for almost forty years to represent a constituency in the northof england - and i can see the risk of our capital city's dominance.

it is not healthy for our country or our economy.

the answer is not to pull down and hold back our greatest global asset - that would be crazy.

the answer is to build up the rest of our country.

to create a northern powerhouse of the cities across the pennines.

to connect up the south west.

and to put the midlands at the centre of our great manufacturing revival.

people know that the disparities between different parts of our country have grown up overmany decades under governments of all colours.

let's treat people as adults and not pretend we can reverse something like this overnight.

but equally, let's not give up and say it can't be done.

look what michael heseltine achieved in the docks of liverpool and london.

this party of progress knows what it takes to create flourishing economies.

successful businesses.

modern high speed transport.

big science investments.

top universities, and the strong leadership that comes with powerful elected mayors.

those are the ingredients of a northern powerhouse.

that is how we deliver prosperity and security for families across the nation.

and it is one of my driving missions to do everything i can to build it.

let us choose today to make reducing the gap between north and south, london and the rest,one of the central ambitions of the ne_t conservative government.

there is one final choice we should make.

a choice this party of progress always makes.

and that is to trust people with their own money.

that's why in my budget this year i applied that philosophy with far-reaching new freedoms inthe way people can access their pensions.

these freedoms are based on the simple idea that people know better how to spend their ownmoney than governments do.

this party that gave people the right to buy their own home - is the party that is now givingpeople ownership of their own pension too.

but i want to go further.

there are still rules that say you can't pass on to the ne_t generation any of your pension potwhen you die, without paying a punitive 55% of it in ta_.

i could choose to cut this ta_ rate.

instead, i choose to abolish it altogether.

people who have worked and saved all their lives will be able to pass on their hard-earnedpensions to their families ta_ free.

effective from today.

the children and grandchildren and others who benefit will get the same ta_ treatment on thisincome as on any other, but only when they choose to draw it down.

freedom for people's pensions. a pension ta_ abolished. passing on your pension ta_ free.

not a promise for the ne_t conservative government - but put in place and delivered byconservatives in government now.

we are eight months away from one of the most important general elections in a generation.

we can face it with confidence.

for we go to the people as the party of progress.

for five years britain has pursued a clear economic policy when all over europe there has beencrisis and uncertainty.

britain has been the lantern in the storm.

now we seek a new mandate as the party of jobs and security and a strong prime minister -against the party offering higher ta_es, more debt and ed miliband.

we are going to offer political resolve and economic competence.

a confident future for britain as the most prosperous country in the world.

and we are going say to the british people:

choose jobs.

choose enterprise.

choose security.

choose prosperity.

choose investment.

choose fairness.

choose freedom.

choose david cameron.

choose the conservatives.

choose the future.

第2篇 英国首相卡梅伦在2022年英国保守党秋季年会英语演讲稿

i am so proud to stand here today as prime minister of four nations in one united kingdom. i was always clear about why we called that referendum. duck the fight – and our union could have been taken apart bit by bit. take it on – and we had the chance to settle the question. this party has always confronted the big issues for the sake of our country. and now…england, scotland, wales, northern ireland…we are one people in one union and everyone here can be proud of that. and we can all agree, during that campaign a new star – a new conservative star – was born…someone who’s going to take our message to every corner of scotland: our very own ruth davidson.

the lead-up to that referendum was the most nerve-wracking week of my life. but i can tell youthe best moment of my year. it was june 6th, the 70th anniversary of d day. sam and i werein bayeu_, in france, with my constituent, patrick churchill…no relation to the great man – buta great man himself. patrick is 91 years old – and 70 years ago, he was there fighting fascism,helping to liberate that town. i’ll never forget the tears in his eyes as he talked about thecomrades he left behind…or the pride they all felt in the job they had done. as we walked alongthe streets he pointed out where he had driven his tank…and all along the roadside there werefrench children waving flags – union jacks – the grandchildren of the people he had liberated.patrick’s here today with his wife karin – and i know, like me, you’ll want to give them thewarmest welcome.

when people have seen our flag – in some of the most desperate times in history – they haveknown what it stands for. freedom. justice. standing up for what is right. they have known thisisn’t any old country. this is a special country. june 6th this summer. normandy. i was soproud of great britain that day. and here, today, i want to set out how in this generation, wecan build a country whose future we can all be proud of. how we can secure a better future forall. how we can build a britain that everyone is proud to call home.

the heirs to those who fought on the beaches of northern france are those fighting inafghanistan today. for thirteen years, young men and women have been serving our countrythere. this year, the last of our combat troops come home – and i know everyone here willwant to show how grateful and how proud we are of everyone who served. but the end of theafghan mission does not mean the end of the threat. the threat is islamist e_tremistterrorism – and it has found a new, hellish crucible – with isil, in iraq and syria. these peopleare evil, pure and simple. they kill children; rape women; threaten non-believers withgenocide; behead journalists and aid workers. some people seem to think we can opt out ofthis. we can’t. as i speak, british servicemen and women are flying in the skies over iraq. theysaw action yesterday. and there will be troops on the frontline – but they will be iraqis, kurds,and syrians…fighting for the safe and democratic future they deserve.

we are acting in partnership with a range of countries – including those from the region.because let’s be clear: there is no “walk on by” option. unless we deal with isil, they will dealwith us, bringing terror and murder to our streets. as always with this party, we will dowhatever it takes to keep our country safe. and to those who have had all the advantages ofbeing brought up in britain, but who want to go and fight for isil – let me say this. if you tryto travel to syria or iraq, we will use everything at our disposal to stop you: taking away yourpassport; prosecuting, convicting, imprisoning you…and if you’re there already – evenpreventing you from coming back. you have declared your allegiance. you are an enemy of theuk – and you should e_pect to be treated as such.

when it comes to keeping britain safe, i had one man by my side for four years. when he was ateenager, he didn’t only address the tory party conference…he read hansard in bed…and hada record collection consisting of one album by dire straits and dozens of speeches by winstonchurchill. all i can say is this: that boy became a fine parliamentarian…a brilliant foreignsecretary…our greatest living yorkshireman…and someone to whom i owe an enormous debtof gratitude: william hague.

william, there’s one more task i want you to carry out: bringing fairness to our constitution.during that referendum campaign we made a vow to the scottish people that they will getmore powers – and we will keep that vow. but here’s my vow to the people of england, walesand northern ireland. i know the system is unfair. i know that you are asking: if scotland canvote separately on things like ta_, spending and welfare….why can’t england, wales andnorthern ireland do the same? i know you want this answered. so this is my vow: english votesfor english laws – the conservatives will deliver it.

we’ve delivered a lot these past four years…but we’ve had to do it all in a coalition government.believe me: coalition was not what i wanted to do; it’s what i had to do. and i know what iwant ne_t. to be back here in october 2022 delivering conservative policies…based onconservative values…leading a majority conservative government.

so where do we want to take our country? where do i want to take our country? during thesefour years, i hope that the british people have come to know me a little. i’m not a complicatedman. i believe in some simple things. families come first. they are the way you make a nationstrong from the inside out. i care deeply about those who struggle to get by…but i believe thebest thing to do is help them stand on their own two feet – and no, that’s not saying “you’re onyour own”, but “we are on your side, helping you be all you can.” and i believe in something forsomething; not something for nothing. those who do the right thing, put the effort in, whowork and build communities – these are the people who should be rewarded. all of this isunderpinned by a deep patriotism.

i love this country – and my goal is this: to make britain a country that everyone is proud tocall home. that doesn’t just mean having the fastest-growing economy, or climbing someinternational league table. i didn’t come into politics to make the lines on the graphs go in theright direction. i want to help you live a better life. and it comes back to those things i believe.a britain that everyone is proud to call home is a britain where hard work is really rewarded.not a free-for-all, but a chance for all…the chance of a job, a home, a good start in life…whoeveryou are, wherever you are from. and by the way – you never pull one person up by pullinganother one down. so this party doesn’t do the politics of envy and class warfare…we believe inaspiration and helping people get on in life – and what’s more, we’re proud of it.

the past four years have been about laying the foundations for that britain. the ne_t five willbe about finishing the job. put another way – if our economic plan for the past four years hasbeen about our country – and saving it from economic ruin…our plan for the ne_t five years willbe about you, and your family – and helping you get on. but conservatives know this. nothingcomes easy. there’s no reward without effort; no wealth without work; no success withoutsacrifice…and we credit the british people with knowing these things too.

other parties preach to you about a brave new world…we understand you have to start withthe real world and make it better. so let other politicians stand on stages like this and promisean easy life. not me. i am here today to set out our conservative commitment for the ne_t fiveyears.

if you want to provide for yourself and your family, you’ll have the security of a job…but only ifwe stick to our long-term economic plan. if you work hard, we will cut your ta_es…but only ifwe keep on cutting the deficit, so we can afford to do that. for those wanting to buy a home,yes – we will help you get on that housing ladder…but only if we take on the vested interests,and build more homes – however hard that is. we will make sure your children get a greateducation; the best education…but only if we keep taking on everyone who gets in the way ofhigh standards. for those retiring, we will make sure you get a decent pension; and realrewards for a life of work…but only if we as a country accept we all have to work a bit longer andsave a bit more.

it’s pretty simple really: a good job, a nice home, more money at the end of the month, adecent education for your children, a safe and secure retirement. a country where if you putin, you get out. a britain everyone is proud to call home. and a real long-term plan to getthere. it starts with more decent jobs. and look how far we’ve come. today there are 1 million800 thousand more jobs in our country than there were in 2022. we are creating more jobshere in britain than in the whole of europe put together. 1.8 million jobs. you know – whenbritain is getting back to work, it can only mean one thing…the conservatives are back ingovernment.

so here’s our commitment for the ne_t five years. what the economists would call: the highestemployment rate of any major economy. what i call: full employment in britain. just think ofwhat that would mean. those who can work, able to work…standing on their own two feet,looking at their children and thinking “i am providing for you.” we can get there – but only ifwe stick to our plan.

companies are coming from all over the world to invest and create jobs here. that’s nothappened by accident. it’s because they see a government rolling out the red carpet for them,cutting their red tape, cutting their ta_es. so here is a commitment: with the ne_tconservative government – we will always have the most competitive corporate ta_es in theg20…lower than germany, lower than japan, lower than the united states. but george saidsomething really important in that brilliant speech on monday. a message to those globalcompanies: we have cut your ta_es – now you must pay what you owe.

we must stick to the plan on welfare too. with us, if you’re out of work, you will getunemployment benefit…but only if you go to the job centre, update your cv, attendinterviews and accept the work you’re offered. as i said: no more something-for-nothing. andlook at the results: 800,000 fewer people on the main out-of-work benefits. in the ne_t fiveyears we’re going to go further.

you heard it this week – we won’t just aim to lower youth unemployment; we aim to abolishit. we’ve made clear decisions. we will reduce the benefits cap, and we will say to those 21 andunder: no longer will you have the option of leaving school and going straight into a life onbenefits. you must earn or learn. and we will help by funding three million apprenticeships.let’s say to our young people: a life on welfare is no life at all…instead: here’s some hope;here’s a chance to get on and make something of yourself.

what do our opponents have to say? they have opposed every change to welfare we’ve made –and i e_pect they’ll oppose this too. they sit there pontificating about poverty – yet they’rethe ones who left a generation to rot on welfare. and while we’re at it: let’s compare records.under labour, unemployment rose. with us, unemployment is falling faster than at any timefor 25 years. under labour, inequality widened. with us, it’s narrowed. those are the facts. solet’s say it loudly and proudly…with britain getting off welfare and back to work…the real partyof compassion and social justice today is here in this hall – the conservative party.

it’s not just the job numbers that matter – it is the reality of working life for people in ourcountry…especially the lowest-paid. anyone should be free to take on different jobs so they canget on. but when companies employ staff on zero hours contracts and then stop them fromgetting work elsewhere, that’s not a free market – it is a fi_ed market. in a britain thateveryone is proud to call home, people are employed, they are not used. those e_clusive zerohours contracts that left people unable to build decent lives for themselves – we will scrapthem.

but there’s still more injustice when it comes to work, and it’s even more shocking. criminalgangs trafficking people halfway around the world and making them work in the mostdisgusting conditions. i’ve been to see these – houses on terraced streets, built for families offour, cramming in 15 people like animals. to those crime lords who think they can get awaywith it, i say no: not in this country; not with this party…with our modern slavery bill we’recoming after you and we’re going to put a stop to it once and for all.

once you have a job, i want you to take home more of your own money. if you put in, youshould get out – not hand so much of it to the ta_man. that’s why these past four years,despite everything, i’ve made sure we provide some relief to ta_payers in our country –especially the poorest. no income ta_ until you earn £10,000 a year – and from ne_t april, £10,500 a year. three million people taken out of income ta_ altogether. a ta_ cut for 25million more. and our commitment to you for the ne_t five years: we want to cut more of yourta_es. but we can only do that if we keep on cutting the deficit. it’s common sense – ta_ cutsneed to be paid for.

so here’s our plan. we are going to balance the books by 2022, and start putting aside moneyfor the future. to do it we’ll need to find £25 billion worth of savings in the first two years of thene_t parliament. that’s a lot of money, but it’s doable. £25 billion is actually just three per centof what government spends each year. it is a quarter of the savings we have found in thisparliament.

i am confident we will find the savings we need through spending cuts alone. we will see thejob through and get back into the black. and as we do that, i am clear about something else.we need ta_ cuts for hardworking people.

and here and now, i have a specific commitment. today, the minimum wage reaches £6.50an hour, and before long we’ll reach our ne_t goal of £7. i can tell you now that a futureconservative government will raise the ta_-free personal allowance from £10,500 to £12,500.that will take 1 million more of the lowest paid workers out of income ta_ – and will give a ta_cut to 30 million more. so with us, if you work 30 hours a week on minimum wage, you will payno income ta_ at all. nothing. zero. zilch. lower ta_es for our hardworking people…that’s what icall a britain that everyone is proud to call home. but we will do something else.

the 40p ta_ rate was only supposed to be paid by the most well-off people in our country…butin the past couple of decades, far too many have been dragged into it: teachers, police officers.so let me tell you this today. i want to take action that’s long overdue, and bring back somefairness to ta_. with a conservative government, we will raise the threshold at which peoplepay the 40p rate. it’s currently £41,900…in the ne_t parliament we will raise it to £50,000.

so here’s our commitment to the british people: no income ta_ if you are on minimum wage.a 12 and a half thousand pound ta_-free personal allowance for millions of hardworkingpeople. and you only pay 40p ta_ when you earn £50,000. so let the message go out: with theconservatives, if you work hard and do the right thing…we say you should keep more of yourown money to spend as you choose. that’s what our long-term economic plan means for you.

and while i’m on the subject of the big economic questions our country faces – on spending, onta_ – did you hear ed miliband last week? he spoke for over an hour, but didn’t mention thedeficit once. not once. he said he ‘forgot’ to mention it. ed – people forget their car keys, schoolkids sometimes forget their homework…but if you want to be prime minister of this country, youcannot forget the biggest challenge we face.

a few weeks ago, ed balls said that in thirteen years of government, labour had made ‘somemistakes’. ‘some mistakes’. e_cuse me? you were the people who left britain with the biggestpeacetime deficit in history…who gave us the deepest recession since the war…who destroyedour pensions system, bust our banking system…who left a million young people out of work,five million on out-of-work benefits – and hundreds of billions of debt. some mistakes? labourwere just one big mistake.

and five years on, they still want to spend more, borrow more, ta_ more. it’s the same oldlabour, and you know what? they say that madness is doing the same thing over and overagain but e_pecting different results. well i say: madness is voting for this high spending, highta_ing, deficit ballooning shower and e_pecting anything other than economic disaster.

in a country that everyone is proud to call home, you should be able to buy a home – if you’rewilling to save. it shouldn’t be some impossible dream. but we inherited a situation where itwas. young people watched location, location, location not as a reality show – but as fantasy.we couldn’t solve this housing crisis without some difficult decisions. the planning system wasstuck in the mud – so we reformed it…and last year, nearly a quarter of a million houses weregiven planning permission. young people needed massive deposits they just couldn’tafford…so we brought in help to buy.

of course there were those who criticised it…usually speaking from the comfort of the homethey’d bought years ago. but let’s see what actually happened. they said help to buy wouldjust help people in london…but 94 per cent of buyers live outside the capital. they said it wouldhelp people with houses already…but four-fifths are first-time buyers. they said it would cause ahousing bubble…but as the bank of england has said, it hasn’t. so here’s our renewedcommitment to first-time buyers: if you’re prepared to work and save, we will help you get aplace of your own.

this conference we have announced a landmark new policy. it’s called starter homes. we’regoing to build 100,000 new homes – and they’ll be twenty percent cheaper than normal. buthere’s the crucial part. buy-to-let landlords won’t be able to snap them up.wealthy foreignerswon’t be able to buy them. just first-time buyers under the age of 40. homes built for you,homes made for you – the conservative party, once again, the party of home ownership in ourcountry.

in a britain that everyone is proud to call home, you wouldn’t be able to tell a child’s gcses bytheir postcode or what their parents do. there must be a great education for every child. amonth ago i had this wonderful moment. florence is now 4 and just starting school, so for thefirst time, all three of my children are at the same primary school. it was such a joy to takethem to school together; florence clinging on for dear life until she saw a new friend and rushedoff to her classroom. it’s hard to describe what a relief it is as a parent to find a decent schoolfor your child. it shouldn’t be a lottery.

what we have in our state primary in london i want for every child in the country. and we’regetting there. more children in good or outstanding schools. more children studying science,languages and history. a new curriculum – with five year olds learning fractions; eleven yearsolds coding computers. and the biggest change is the culture. teachers who feel like leadersagain. who say: this is our school, we’re proud of it, the children must behave in it, we will nottolerate failure in it. we’ve come so far – and make no mistake – the biggest risk to all this islabour. you know what drives me the most mad about them? the hypocrisy.

tristram hunt, their shadow education secretary – like me – had one of the best educationsmoney can buy. but guess what? he won’t allow it for your children. he went to anindependent school that wasn’t set up by a local authority…but no, he doesn’t want charitiesand parents to set up schools for your children. he had the benefit of world-class teachers whohappened not to have a government certificate…but no, he wants to stop people like that fromteaching your children. i tell you – tristram hunt and i might both have been educated atsome of the best schools in our country. but here’s the difference: you, tristram – like the restof the labour party – want to restrict those advantages…i want to spread them to every childin britain.

we know labour’s real problem on education. every move they make, they’ve got to take theircue from the unions. that’s who they really represent. the unions. well, i’ve got a bit of newsfor you. it’s not something we’ve ever said before. we in this party are a trade union too.

i’ll tell you who we represent. this party is the union for hardworking parents…the father whoreads his children stories at night because he wants them to learn…the mother who works allthe hours god sends to give her children the best start. this party is the trade union forchildren from the poorest estates and the most chaotic homes. this party is the union for theyoung woman who wants an apprenticeship…or the teenagers who want to make something oftheir lives…this is who we represent, these are the people we’re fighting for…and that’s why oneducation we won’t let labour drag us back to square one – we’re going to finish what we havebegun. a real education isn’t just about e_ams. our young people must know this is a countrywhere if you put in, you will get out.

now i’ve got in trouble for talking about twitter before, but let me put it like this. i want acountry where young people aren’t endlessly thinking: ‘what can i say in 140 characters?’ but‘what does my character say about me?’ that’s why i’m so proud of national citizen service.every summer, thousands of young people are coming together to volunteer and serve theircommunity. we started this. people come up to me on the street and say all sorts ofthings…believe me – all sorts of things…but one thing i hear a lot is parents saying “thank youfor what this has done for my child.” i want this to become a rite of passage for all teenagers inour country. so i can tell you this: the ne_t conservative government will guarantee a placeon national citizen service for every teenager in our country.

that rule: that if you put in, you should get out…more than anywhere it should apply to thosewho want dignity and security in retirement. but for years it didn’t. there were three greatwrongs. wrong number one: the pension credit that was basically a means test – the more yousaved, the less you got. wrong number two: compulsory annuities that meant you couldn’tspend your own money as you wished. wrong number three: when people passed away, thepension they had saved was ta_ed at 55 per cent before it went to their family.

three wrongs – and we are putting them right. the means test – it’s going. in its place: a newsingle-tier pension of £142 a week…every penny you have saved during your working life, youwill keep. those compulsory annuities – scrapped…giving you complete control over yourprivate pension. as for that 55 per cent ta_ on your pension? you heard it this week: we’ve cutit to zero per cent. conservative values in action.

when it comes to our elderly, one thing matters above everything. knowing the nhs is therefor you. from labour last week, we heard the same old rubbish about the conservatives andthe nhs. spreading complete and utter lies. i just think: how dare you. it was the labour partywho gave us the scandal at mid staffs…elderly people begging for water and dying of neglect.and for me, this is personal. i am someone who has relied on the nhs – whose family knowsmore than most how important it is…who knows what it’s like to go to hospital night after nightwith a child in your arms…knowing that when you get there, you have people who will care forthat child and love that child like their own. how dare they suggest i would ever put that at riskfor other people’s children?…how dare they frighten those who are relying on the nhs rightnow? it might be the only thing that gets a cheer at their party conference but it is franklypathetic.

we in this party can be proud of what we’ve done. we came in and protected the nhs budget.funding si_ and a half thousand more doctors – 3300 more nurses…a cancer drugs fund tosave lives…more people hearing those two magic words: “all clear”. and think of the amazingthings around the corner.

from the country that unravelled dna, we are now mapping it for each individual…it’s called thegenome, and i’ve got a model of one of the first ones on my desk in downing street. crackingthis code could mean curing rare genetic diseases and saving lives. our nhs is leading theworld on this incredible technology. i understand very personally the difference it couldmake. when you have a child who’s so ill and the doctors can’t work out what he’s got or why –you’d give anything to know. the investment we’re making will mean that more parents havethose answers – and hopefully the cures that go with them. and let’s be clear: all this is onlypossible because we have managed our economy responsibly. that is why i can tell you this: wewill do it again.

the ne_t conservative government will protect the nhs budget and continue to invest more.because we know this truth…something labour will never understand – and we will neverforget…you can only have a strong nhs if you have a strong economy.

a britain that everyone is proud to call home. a place where reward follows effort; where if youput in, you get out. but it also means a country that is strong in the world – in control of itsown destiny…and yes – that includes controlling immigration. to me, this is about working onall fronts. it’s about getting our own people fit to work. fi_ing welfare – so a life on the dole isnot an option. fi_ing education – so we turn out young people with skills to do the jobs we arecreating.

and yes – we need controlled borders and an immigration system that puts the british peoplefirst. that’s why we’ve capped economic migration from outside the eu…shut down 700 boguscolleges – that were basically visa factories…kicked out people who don’t belong here, like abuqatada…and let’s hear it for the woman who made it happen: our crime-busting homesecretary, theresa may.

but we know the bigger issue today is migration from within the eu. immediate access to ourwelfare system. paying benefits to families back home. employment agencies signing people upfrom overseas and not recruiting here. numbers that have increased faster than we in thiscountry wanted…at a level that was too much for our communities, for our labour markets. all ofthis has to change – and it will be at the very heart of my renegotiation strategy for europe.

britain, i know you want this sorted so i will go to brussels, i will not take no for an answer andwhen it comes to free movement – i will get what britain needs. anyone who thinks i can’t orwon’t deliver this – judge me by my record. i’m the first prime minister to veto a treaty…thefirst prime minister to cut the european budget…and yes i pulled us out of those europeanbail-out schemes as well. around that table in europe they know i say what i mean, and meanwhat i say. so we’re going to go in as a country, get our powers back, fight for our nationalinterest…and yes – we’ll put it to a referendum…in or out – it will be your choice…and let themessage go out from this hall: it is only with a conservative government that you will get thatchoice.

of course, it’s not just the european union that needs sorting out – it’s the european court ofhuman rights. when that charter was written, in the aftermath of the second world war, itset out the basic rights we should respect. but since then, interpretations of that charter haveled to a whole lot of things that are frankly wrong. rulings to stop us deporting suspectedterrorists. the suggestion that you’ve got to apply the human rights convention even on thebattle-fields of helmand. and now – they want to give prisoners the vote. i’m sorry, i just don’tagree.

our parliament – the british parliament – decided they shouldn’t have that right. this is thecountry that wrote magna carta…the country that time and again has stood up for humanrights…whether liberating europe from fascism or leading the charge today against se_ualviolence in war. let me put this very clearly: we do not require instruction on this fromjudges in strasbourg. so at long last, with a conservative government after the ne_t election,this country will have a new british bill of rights…to be passed in our parliament…rooted in ourvalues…and as for labour’s human rights act? we will scrap it, once and for all.

so that’s what we offer: a britain that everyone is proud to call home. and a very clear plan toget there. over the ne_t five years we will deliver the following things: 3 millionapprenticeships. full employment. the most competitive corporate ta_es in the g20.eliminating the budget deficit through spending cuts, not ta_ rises. building 100,000 newstarter homes. letting you pass on your pension ta_-free. ring-fencing nhs spending so not apenny is cut. renegotiating in europe. delivering that in-out referendum. scrapping the humanrights act. no income ta_ until you earn £12,500. no 40p ta_ rate until you earn £50,000.

if you want those things, vote for me. if you don’t, vote for the other guy. and let’s be clear.this is a straight fight. it doesn’t matter whether parliament is hung, drawn or quartered, thereis only one real choice. the conservatives or labour. me in downing street, or ed miliband indowning street. if you vote ukip – that’s really a vote for labour. here’s a thought…on 7th mayyou could go to bed with nigel farage, and wake up with ed miliband.

so this is the big question for that election. on the things that matter in your life, who do youreally trust? when it comes to your job…do you trust labour – who wrecked our economy – orthe conservatives, who have made this one of the fastest-growing economies in the west?when it comes to britain’s future, who do you trust? labour – the party of something-for-nothing, and human wrongs under the banner of human rights…or the conservatives – whobelieve in something for something, and reward for hard work? who do you trust?…the party ofbig debt; big spending, big borrowing…or the party – our party – of the first pay cheque, thefirst chance, the first home…the one that is delivering more security, more opportunity, morehope …the one that is making this country great again…yes, our party, the conservative party.

we’re making britain proud again. look what we are showing the world. not just a country thatis paying down its debts…and going from the deepest recession since the war to the fastest-growing major advanced economy in the world…but at the same time: a country that has keptits promises to the poorest in the world…that is leading not following on climate change…andthat’s just saved our union in one of the greatest shows of democracy the world has ever seen.

we’re making britain proud again. our e_ports to china doubling…our car industrybooming…our aerospace e_panding…our manufacturing growing… we’re making britain proudagain. car engines – not imported from germany, but built down the road in wolverhampton.new oil rigs – not made in china, but built on the tyne. record levels of employment…recordnumbers of apprenticeships…britain regaining its purpose, its pride and its confidence.

we’re at a moment where all the hard work is finally paying off…and the light is coming up aftersome long dark days. go back now and we’ll lose all we’ve done…falling back into the shadowswhen we could be striding into the sun. that’s the question ne_t may. do you want to go backto square one – or finish what we’ve begun?

i don’t claim to be a perfect leader. but i am your public servant, standing here, wanting tomake our country so much better – for your children and mine. i love this country, and i will domy duty by it. we’ve got the track record, the right team…to take this plan for our country andturn it into a plan for you.

i think of the millions of people going out to work, wiping the ice off the windscreen on awinter’s morning…raising their children as well they can, working as hard as they can…doing itfor a better future, to make a good life for them and their families. that is the british spirit –there in our ordinary days as well as our finest hours. this is a great country and we can begreater still. because history is not written for us, but by us, in the decisions we make today…and that starts ne_t may.

so britain: what’s it going to be? i say: let’s not go back to square one. let’s finish what wehave begun. let’s build a britain we are proud to call home…for you, for your family, foreveryone.