of idea of difference and calling on the party for more unity. there she is hugging her husband, philip made, you will remember last year he pretty well had to hold her up at the end of the conference speech. while she was calling for unity, she turned her fire while she was calling for unity, she turned herfire on while she was calling for unity, she turned her fire on jeremy while she was calling for unity, she turned her fire onjeremy corbyn, the labour leader, reminding, i feel, the party that they should not be attacking each other, they should be attacking each other, they should be attacking each other, they should be attacking jeremy corbyn and the labour party. she is no doubt enjoying the fact it is over and went without any hitches. in those personal stories she also revealed before she made an announcement on the nhs and cancer protection that her own god daughter had died of cancer. she praised the party for what she said and that people do have opportunity, talking about ruth davidson the leader of

the scottish conservatives being pregnant. she also said that sajid javid had become home secretary as the son of a pakistani bus driver. windrush was mentioned briefly. critics will say she airbrushed her responsibilities as far as that is concerned. let's talk about the rest of the speech with our guests. the bbc‘s chief political correspondent hasjoined us. bbc‘s chief political correspondent has joined us. what bbc‘s chief political correspondent hasjoined us. what did you make of it? to relief on her face because compared to last year some of this was just a matter of getting through it. she did better than that. the personal story about her goddaughter, that gave authenticity to this speech in a way we have not heard from her before. the striking things worthy attacks on labour and

there were a lot of them and they we re very there were a lot of them and they were very strong. there were a lot of them and they were very strong. there is one thing that unites party. it reflects what i've been hearing from cabinet mr ‘s this week who are very concerned and they thinkjeremy corbyn is setting they thinkjeremy corbyn is setting the pace with domestic policy and to me this is a beyond brexit speech. she knows she has to have something else to say. and trying to drive a wedge between jeremy corbyn's and moderates like sadiq khan. she was highlighting very much the poisoning —— the russian poisoning. very interesting on brexit, she did not mentionjetjust interesting on brexit, she did not mention jet just checkers interesting on brexit, she did not mention jetjust checkers by name. she said is a free—trade agreement at the heart of it and she is trying to move away and saying to people you can get behind this deal. we

will talk about brexit in a moment but let's talk about the policy announcements. one on the cancer detection and one on house—building. you cheered at that point. why has it been so long in coming?” you cheered at that point. why has it been so long in coming? i think there is a nervousness about allowing councils having money to make those deals themselves but it's long overdue. i shared a housing co nfe re nce long overdue. i shared a housing conference speech earlier this week andl conference speech earlier this week and i asked for a poll of people to put up their hands saying should be have a borrowing cap the local councils and the room supported that. i think this should release more money to the system to build desperately needed homes. but it has been eight years and it's been a long time coming. she talked about posterity. isn't it this government ‘s fault that posterity has gone on so long? i thing she is speaking to

a desire for people to be energised, to be positive about the future and develop domestic policies aside from brexit. what you might call the housing option is obvious you very positive. the cancer strategy as well. it was a cleverly crafted speech. there were elements ofjuly 2016 speech and even when it a big quote from margaret thatcher about choosing freedom. there was a reaching out to business. she felt she had to do it. it was also a personal speech which we had not seen personal speech which we had not seen before. we are going to go to lizzie who is with conference goers coming out of the hall. people are pouring out so let's get some reaction. how did you think it went? phenomenal. so much hope. it was realistic hope and something that

everybody in that hall felt. a united party so let's take our country forward. we are ready, she is ready, she is our leader. it was a fairly low bar after last year but what was it specifically? there was a sense of honesty in everything she said. it was our message, the conservative message. so it clear this up and hopefully this is not just for the party, this is for the country. if they think she spoke for them, support your leader, support them, support your leader, support the prime minister. this is a big opportunity for us. on that thorny issue of brexit, was there enough to

pull the party together? absolutely. there was enough about brexit in the speech. she completely brought the party together, united us and the brexit. we will have a great future outside the european union and i think she was brilliant. was there enough policy and then? very much so. enough policy and then? very much so. it offers opportunity, unity and a positive outlook for our country. i think it was a superb speech and it gives hope and encouragement to so it gives hope and encouragement to so many people, particularly those schools, the nhs, looking beyond brexit to a country which is proud to be british. has she done enough to be british. has she done enough to silence critics? boris is old and

passed it. when theresa may decides to handing the bat on it will be summary to handing the bat on it will be summary from the 2010 intake. i think boris realises his old hat.l little snapshot of what the audience thought of the prime minister's speech. there was a standing ovation on the floor. people here generally thinking it went down pretty well. we arejoined by thinking it went down pretty well. we are joined by matt hancock the health secretary. i relieved that theresa may got through the speech? i thought it was a cracking speech. terrifically delivered and from the moment she came in dancing you could see that she had mojo and the speech delivered on that. what about the pa rty‘s delivered on that. what about the party's mojo and this efforts to

restate its support of business. she made that case incredibly strongly of how we are the party of business. we are the party of enterprise and business because that is how you generate a strong economy that gives people jobs and allowed taxes to pay for good public services. one of the striking things was not just for good public services. one of the striking things was notjust how for good public services. one of the striking things was not just how the speech was optimistic and talking about the bright future but actually about the bright future but actually about howard made a nonhuman that yes there are challenges we need to face up to and be honest about and then how the proposals we are putting forward are the right solutions. so it was optimistic but it was also about how we can improve the country. how would you bring ministers onside lung cancer brexit?

—— onside about brexit. ministers onside lung cancer brexit? -- onside about brexit. there is a clarity about how we are going to get a good deal and she is very clear about why. she did say she would be happy with no deal if it came to that. the prime minister explained why it's important to be prepared for no deal in order to get a better deal for the country. of course brexit is a difficult process but this speech was about the vision for what happens after brexit and how we can rise to the challenge. why didn't she mentioned checkers? she did, she described it in detail. not by name. she described the plan and what we are going to achieve and she set out how we're going to achieve it. alistair scribes the

free trade deal and checkers is not a free—trade deal. i suspect there will be a bit of movement in the cabinet on tuesday and she is understanding that checkers as enunciated in july understanding that checkers as enunciated injuly is dead. it hasn't got the support. but the party needs to give her space and time to develop that policy and be ina time to develop that policy and be in a place where she can solve the northern ireland backstop and go back to europe with a coherent policy. she made a bigger picture argument as well. as stuart assessed that correctly? that is stuart's analysis. she made a bigger picture argument which is how we need to come together as a party both to deliver a strong brexit and a good

deal and because of the dangers of jeremy corbyn and the damage that would do to our country. it would be churlish not to say she was also strong and adhering to what the people said in delivering the brexit result. the second referendum, she pushed back hard on that. she will not betray the result of the referendum. the deal is the only deal on the table and she described it very well. that was an important part of the speech but actually the rest of the speech but actually the rest of the speech but actually the rest of the speech was about the future. let's talk about their day of health because they were a couple of big an absence. let's talk more broadly

about spending on the nhs. theresa may restated this promise for an extra £20 billion for the nhs by 2023. at the moment that is unfunded. now, it comes from the taxes that people pay. which taxes? the chancellor will set out the details in the budget. so it will be income tax, vat? taxes a matter the chancellor in the budget. the key is we have made the commitment to increase spending over five years by {20.5 increase spending over five years by £20.5 billion for the nhs because we are in clear need of the service but it's the public's with and the public wants the nhs therefore the long—term and i want that to happen. but you up putting people's taxes up to favourite? the only way you can

fund public services like the nhs is having a strong and growing economy. can you support that? we are in a position where there is a willingness for the public to play more but they want to see the results. they don't want endless bureaucracy. they want clear result in their local community. i was on the public accounts committee for four years and i saw that they were botched schemes in it and duplication. she said about supporting businesses small and large and the chancellor should be backing a growth budget and pushing our best winners in the uk. our fashion industry, saying we're going to invest in these industries because they will deliver for us in post—brexit button. because they will deliver for us in post-brexit button. is there a

choice or can we do both? i'm a massive supporter of growing the economy by supporting businesses to expand and getting around the world. what is the brexit dividend going to be. some of that coming from the fact we don't have to pay payments to the eu. it would start immediately. when will the money we send to brussels

start to be fed into the health service? the start to be fed into the health service ? the money start to be fed into the health service? the money from the health service? the money from the health service commands streaming april and we announce an extra 240 million to social care to help the nhs get through this winter to make sure people don't need to be in hospital can get back home. people will want the party to level with them and you said you're going to increase taxes and it will be outlined in the budget. how much will ordinary taxpayers have to pay to fund your pledge in the nhs? the details of any tax and made clear by the chancellor in the budget. we've already heard the announcement about freezing fuel duty. there was one other area that you talk about and that was making sure the big digital companies pay taxes appropriately.

for a long companies pay taxes appropriately. fora long time... companies pay taxes appropriately. for a long time... he said if we don't get international agreement. that's one of the areas we can work on. the fuel duty announcement there was a discussion about how well... people come to this country because of the language, though time zone, our legal system. that positive approach was something people had been crying out for for a long time. it's about the balance but addressing the audience in the room and our eu partners. at the moment sometimes people think

the conservative party does not represent those people and they don't appreciate how they live their lives and it was time for the prime minister to say this is the end of austerity and we get your life and how difficult it can be. we know you work hard and it's time to reward that. does the prime minister also has to be honest about this brexit dividend cost most economist think it's nonexistent. does that worry you? paul the octopus is a better predictor than

the chancellor or the treasury. you can't predict more than a year or two in advance. it might be fractious with the european union for a year or two but get on with it because the future will be better. let's go tojoel who has been looking over some of the announcements made. the prime minister made a big statement about nhs funding. she said, this year we gave the nhs 70th birthday present to be proud of, the biggest cash boost in its history. that may be true but obviously it's best to look at nhs funding in real terms rather than just at nhs funding in real terms rather thanjust in at nhs funding in real terms rather than just in cash terms. she was talking about the big announcement the government made injune where

they said they would increase the day—to—day nhs england budget by 3.4%a yearon day—to—day nhs england budget by 3.4% a year on average over the next five years. i've been speaking to the institute for fiscal studies and they have published a major report on historic nhs funding earlier this year and they said if you look at total uk wide health spending that in the overall post—war period has gone up by 3.7% here on average which is more than 3.4%. fail so said if in the future any government would like to improve the service that funding would need to go up by 496 that funding would need to go up by 4% of 5% a year and tony blair increased health spending by 6.1% a year. that puts the government ‘s announcement in context. listing to those figures, you are putting under

by 3.4% in england overfive years but in order to improve the service it would have to got by between four and 5%. as well as the money we have also got a package of reforms to improve the way the money is spent. your analyst mentioned many that was putting in the tony blair era but there is a broad consensus that money was put in and didn't get as much as it could have done because you need to drive value for money. what with the levels of satisfaction in the nhs at the end of the tony blairera? in the nhs at the end of the tony blair era? they are higher now because of the work the nhs as ten. yes of course putting in £20 billion more every year over the next five yea rs more every year over the next five years is important but so too is the

reforms that we need. better technology, more money spent in prevention to stop the ball having to have those expensive treatments. but this is not a record amount of money, it is less than the post will consensus of 3.7% and less than tony blair put in to the health service which reached 6.1%. it's £20 blair put in to the health service which reached 6.196. it's £20 billion over the next five years in real terms and myjob is to make sure thatis terms and myjob is to make sure that is spent as well as possible and we get the improvements in the way the nhs operates as well. how do you answer the concerns of collea g u es you answer the concerns of colleagues like the chair of the health select committee who says she has concerns about the workforce and about the numbers of clinical and medical staff in a post—brexit immigration system. how will she reassure people were going to get those specialist? i want to see the

workforce grow and i want the seymour gps and more nurses. at the moment, of the staff in the nhs who we re moment, of the staff in the nhs who were not from the uk nor are from outside the eu than from inside the eu. what about people who work in social care workers —— considered the low skilled workers. social care workers —— considered the low skilled workerslj social care workers —— considered the low skilled workers. i reject this idea these are low skilled jobs. on the substance of the concerns we are absolutely going to be able to ensure that we get more nurses into the system. in terms of

more people in the social care syste m more people in the social care system as well, also good jobs. in the past we have increased pay with the past we have increased pay with the introduction of the living wage and we're going to make sure we have more training and more support in those sectors. these are long—term challenges to resolve. you have to solve them over time. going back to the point, tony blair did not have a demographic time bomb of a number of 85 is exploding. the population changes, the cost of drugs, the cost of technology. the migration advisory committee is going to be working on what each business sector needs. we will be controlling rather

than the sledgehammer of free movement where we didn't have control about the different sectors where we needed to apply workforce. with sajid javid's father have been able to come to this country from pakistan under the immigration system that is going to be put in place? possibly not but in the future he probably would. when the prime minister celebrate the opportunity that exists in britain and the fact that he was able to come and work year, that might not be able to happen now. sajid javid has been asked this question himself in what he said was the policy that existed back then was what britain needed back then because people were encouraged to come here to work in lancashire which is what his dad did. but what we need is an

immigration system the country needs now. the positive part of this is we can have this discussion as a nation, we can decide what we think our policy should be. whereas members of the european union, that's not possible. lizzie has found some more conference goers.|j have found political sketch writers patrick kidd of the times and from the mail. how did you think it went? i thought it went all right. she accelerated a bit. she has upped a 95v accelerated a bit. she has upped a gay man she had to after boris this week andjeremy gay man she had to after boris this week and jeremy corbyn last week. she was even dancing on stage. watch out ann widdecombe! i think she did all right. she didn't use the word checkers. we can see some of that dancing at the moment. not

particularly policy heavy. what were the high points? she walked offstage and almost tripped into mr blue sky which has the line about welcome to the human race and wide you have to hide away for so long. the tories have not seen the real theresa may. this was somebody with a lighter touch and a bit of balance to her. there was a good moment when she talked about her goddaughter who died from cancer and that was a real moment. she is a flesh and blood human being but she does not always manage to show that. she is in political peril so she has improve her chances of surviving for a few months more. there was not too much to get your teeth into but its

ce ntre to get your teeth into but its centre often a good spirit. this has been quite a limp conference and the co nfe re nce been quite a limp conference and the conference hall has been empty a lot of the time. last year —— last week we had jeremy corbyn activist and today we had theresa may at her best. they were not random conference goers. if you are going to sum up this conference, we heard it had been a bit flat, that is not unique. it was about survival and making sure that we would get through it. don't be greedy, just try and get through it. she has totally eclipsed that today and delivered a fantastic speech. it was quite long and she wanted to reset what happened last time around to show she can deliver the speeches. the conservatives will go away with a spring in their step today after a few really difficult weeks. there are difficult weeks ahead but they

will go away today thinking this was not just about getting will go away today thinking this was notjust about getting through, it was about re—energising us and it's what we needed. theresa may danced onto the stage. you were singing at the conference. what were you doing la st the conference. what were you doing last night? i turned up and they sang happy birthday. cor. what did you do last night? i had some dinner with some very eminent journalists. who were they? we worried about it in the sunday papers. she was on the ca nvas in the sunday papers. she was on the canvas last year, she is fighting back. confident and self—assured. but we have given her the benefit of the doubt. she just needs to sharpen up the doubt. she just needs to sharpen up and make thatjourney. that's all

we've got time for. from the 2018 conservative party conference. i will be back in london tomorrow with politics live. our weather continues to look cloudy through the rest of today but there have been a few spots where the cloud has broken up. some sunshine in south—west england across parts of devon earlier on. through the next few hours probably the sunniest weather will be across the isle of wight in hampshire. you can see the extent of the cloud pushing in from the atlantic. pretty cloudy for most of us. some rain moving from orkney & shetland the ceiling. showers following to western scotland. tonight, the cloud will move back and across many others and we will see tres along the western coast. temperatures are most staying in

double figures. for thursday the weather front approaching the west of the country. it will slowly push its way southward across the uk over the next couple of days. we have the rain moving into scotland over the next few days. a lot of cloud around four and wales. that cloud will continue to bring some rain to scotla nd continue to bring some rain to scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon. a few patches of in developing ahead of our main weather front running into of in developing ahead of our main weatherfront running into northern parts of wales and england. the rain is likely to be patchy. temperature wise, for most of the uk on thursday we are still mild. 17 to 19 degrees. cooler again in scotland. a weather front will push into northern ireland and wales on friday so some outbreaks of rain here.