: life , : life, the undermine our way of life, the international rules that kept us safe are under threat. i have seen the threat our country faced. i have been in charge of mi6, mi5, gchq. i have been to ukraine. i had been to taiwan, to the baltic, the caucasus. i have looked at russian soldiers occupying land thatis russian soldiers occupying land that is not theirs. i was the first foreign minister to visit israel after the 7th of october atrocities. when grant was secretary of state for defence, he set out a timetable to spend 2.5% of gdp on defence by 2030. i supported grant when he made the bold decision then, but i

will go further. i will commit as prime minister to spend 3% of gdp on defence. because you cannot penny pinch your way to peace. security is delivered through strength, by planning for the worst, not hoping for the best. we will send a signal to our enemies and our allies alike that the uk is prepared, that we will not leave the field. just to put that commitment in perspective, we currently spend less than 2.5% of our gdp on defence, but ten times that much on our health system, welfare system and on pensions. keir starmer says that we cannot afford to spend

more on defence. i say we cannot afford not to. the second major challenge that faces us is global migration. we must restore our credibility on this issue, to win back the voters that switch to reform, the lib dems, labour and those that stayed at home. as home secretary i delivered the reforms that are currently cutting net migration by half. i didn't talk tough, i took action. i negotiated with the chancellor, with the health secretary, with the education secretary, with the education secretary to achieve the changes in our visa regime which are currently bringing those numbers down, and we have to be more honest in our conversation about the trade—offs with regards to immigration, and that means

changing how we measure our wealth. it means using gdp per capita as the metric for our economy, so that the treasury cannot mask the low growth with high migration. rising gdp overall is meaningless if the wealth per person is falling. so we need to control illegal migration and i was home secretary i did. under my leadership home office applications fell. the backlog was cleared. the grant rate came down, deportations increased. i didn't talk tough, i took action. applause. and

when we deal with illegal migration, i stand when we deal with illegal migration, istand by when we deal with illegal migration, i stand by what i have always said, we need to have always said, we need to have always said, we need to have a deterrent. and as prime minister, i will use my contacts and my reputation with rwanda to resurrect that incredibly important partnership. more than that, i will rebuild a relationship so badly damaged by labour�*s arrogant and callous disregard to the diplomatic niceties that bind the world, to inform the media that there were scrapping this partnership before they had the courage to inform the rwandan government is unacceptable and that would never have happened under my leadership. applause.

there - applause. there are l applause. - there are currently applause. — there are currently around 280 million people on the move globally. we have influence on the international stage and we must use it, at the un, at the 620, at must use it, at the un, at the g20, at the must use it, at the un, at the 620, at the 67, the must use it, at the un, at the g20, at the g7, the world bank. we must tackle the drivers of mass movement, war, famine, persecution, economic failure because in this portfolio, as in so many others, prevention is better than cure. and to those people who we do welcome into our country, we must make it clear, are welcome comes with modest, but non—negotiable conditions. tolerance isn't something that you demand of others, it is something that you are duty—bound to give. our

laws cannot be trumped by cultural sensitivities. play by the rules, work hard and you can expect our thanks and our support. break the rules, abuser hospitality and you can expect us to take action. the third major challenge that we must address is a crisis in the competence and capitalism. we handed labour a growing economy, the fastest economy growth in the g7, but compared to historic levels and compared to historic levels and compared to african or asian economic growth rates we are not going anywhere near well enough. we need to unlock real growth and show young people that free markets, not plant economies are their friends. we markets, not plant economies are theirfriends. we need markets, not plant economies are their friends. we need to turn them into capitalists, because too many people think that high taxes helps them rather than hold them down.

they think that more regulation protects them rather than benefiting incumbent suppliers. protectionism drives up costs for them, drives down choice for them, drives down choice for them, drives down choice forthem, benefits for them, drives down choice for them, benefits the already rich and harms the aspirational pure. i will make boosting our economic growth the defining mission of our party and i will make sure that selling the benefits of free markets to a new generation is a key part of that. because growth does not come from more quangos or nationalising services, it comes from less red tape, lower taxes and a dynamic leadership. we know this is true because we have evidence. look at doctor lands under heseltine and margaret thatcher. the olympic park under boris, and tease works. what i saw on the tees valley was incredible. stimulating an estimated 20,000

newjobs, attracting an annual £1 billion investment into the regional and local economy, and these low tax, low regulation zones is what i want to see more of a round the whole country. we used to have a one in, one out rules for regulation. the truth is we straight from the path of righteousness, so we have got to get back on track, maybe even go further, having at one in to out approach to regulation because we must empower the innovators and the wealth creators because this son of an entrepreneur will make us the party of business once again. make us the party of business once again-— once again. applause. so we need _ once again. applause. so we need to - once again. applause. so we need to do - once again. applause. so we need to do more| once again. applause. i so we need to do more to empower the private sector, not

the state to drive our economy. ben has done that in teesside. this is the conservative economic model, and churchill, as in so many things, was absolutely right when he said a nation taxing its way to prosperity is like a man standing on the bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. people will vote for keir starmer�*s statism if they don't feel that capitalism is working for them. and for many people, especially the young, it isn't working for them. home ownership has been a cornerstone of the conservative party offer since the war. just as margaret thatcher enabled council tenants to buy their homes in the 1980s, we need to get young people a stake in our society and in a growing economy. that is the capitalist approach. it was right that we can't stamp duty for first—time

buyers, but we should go further. it should be our mission to abolish stamp duty on homes altogether. applause. it - applause. it is - applause. it is at - applause. it is at badl applause. - it is at bad tax. it applause. — it is at bad tax. it stifles transactions in an already not liquid housing market. it stops people from downsizing and like all taxes it ultimately increases the cost to buyers. of increases the cost to buyers. of course we need to build lots more homes and we will, but we should be building upwards in our cities, ratherthan our cities, rather than outwards. if our cities, ratherthan outwards. if our georgian forebears could see the beauty in three and four—storey houses, then why on earth can't we? adding an extra story to a building should enjoy a presumption of planning consent

because it would support small local businesses who can pump money into local economies and it would be more environmentally and aesthetically sustainable. we must provide conservative answers to the problem is that people face. an unstable world, global migration and a crisis in confidence and capitalism. we must get our act together as a party to provide the conservative solutions to these problems. the solutions of the left don't, won't and will never work and when they try to impose them, they harmed the very people they are meant to help, so we have to do things differently. that means being honest and realistic about the role of the state and what it can and should do and what it should not and cannot do. the state should focus on doing a

few things well, not everything badly. of course only the state can provide police forces and armed forces and both need to be effective and well funded and we must and we will support the people who fall on hard times or suffer from the people who fall on hard times or sufferfrom ill health, but our welfare budget has spiralled out of control and we must bring it down and i will bring it down. applause.- will bring it down. applause. �* , ., , applause. and we must also be honest about _ applause. and we must also be honest about the _ applause. and we must also be honest about the trade-offs. - applause. and we must also be honest about the trade-offs. we j honest about the trade—offs. we cannot nationalise all risks. we cannot be the first port of call when problems arise, the state. we need reliance, family first conditions. tax and subsidise cannot be our mantra any more. so we must think and

act like conservatives once again. demonstrate that we understand the challenges that people and our country face now and provide the solution is to give them a brighter and better future. we accomplished lots and governments, but our divisions and our behaviour obscured our victories and amplified our mistakes. we spent too much time talking tough and not enough time taking action. we spoke lots about what we were going to do, but almost never about why we were going to do it. this is the opposite of how i have acted in my career and it is the opposite of how i intend to lead. i will tackle the problems in front of us with conservative solutions and i will make the uk the greatest power in europe, strong in

defence of our people, our allies and our interests. strong in defence of our values and principles. strong on the international stage and secure and prosperous at home. i don't accept the shared decline are some of keir starmer and nigel farage, who both believe that our best days are behind us. keir starmer thinks it was better before we left the eu, nigel farage think it was better before wejoined nigel farage think it was better before we joined the eu. they are both wrong. i know that her best years can be ahead of us, but only if we replace this useless labour government. in order to win again, we need a leader who can unite the party and i am best place to do that. applause. i place to do that. applause.- place to do that. applause. ., , , , applause. i am the best place

to do that _ applause. i am the best place to do that because _ applause. i am the best place to do that because to - applause. | am the best place | to do that because to commands loyalty you have to have displayed loyalty and i have always served the leader of the day, never briefed against colleagues and focus relentlessly on delivering for the british people. in order to win again, you need to unite around conservative principles and i am the best place to do that because i had never chopped and changed my political position or philosophy. i have reformed public services, cut spending, i have driven better performance. when i led the london fire authority, when i led the foreign office, led at the home office, when i let as chairman of the party helping to deliver a record majority at the 2019 general election, in order to win again we need a leader who can communicate with conservative voters. those

voters that we capture, those voters that we capture, those voters that we lost and those who will be voting for us perhaps for the first time ever at the next general election. i know that i'm the best place to do that. i am the most experienced and effective communicator that the party has got and you cannot communicate your policies or our values if your policies or our values if you hide from the media, so i know that i can unite the conservative party with sound conservative party with sound conservative principles, delivered in a positive, optimistic and energetic way, to show that we can get us back to show that we can get us back to where we need to be. i know that i'm the best placed to lead our party as leader of the opposition and then our country as prime minister and i knew that i can lead us to that better future and at the time is now, there is no time to lose, so let's get to work, thank you.

applause. james - applause. i james cleverly applause. - james cleverly their applause. — james cleverly their lang out where he should be leader, the new leader of the conservative party. if you just cut the ends of what he had to say there, and also future leader of the country as prime minister. that was james cleverly speaking. just to remind you, some key points of what he had to say. he highlighted three challenges that he sees the party and the country facing. i think here we had an insight into his view of himself as an international statesman. he is taking questions from the floor, let's listening. he questions from the floor, let's listeninu. ., ~ questions from the floor, let's listeninu. . ~ ., ., listening. he talked a lot about your _ listening. he talked a lot about your experience, l listening. he talked a lot - about your experience, about the recognisable face of government for many years. i will do _ government for many years. i will do then sell yourself and your— will do then sell yourself and your party to a public debt of

'ust your party to a public debt of just emphatically voted for change? all just emphatically voted for chan . e? �* just emphatically voted for chance? �* . , change? all the candidates runnina change? all the candidates running for _ change? all the candidates running for leadership - change? all the candidates| running for leadership have been ministers in the government, so we all bring experience. i'm uniquely well—placed because i have demonstrably more experience in running and delivering public services, cutting expenditure, lowering the cost of government, so i have always been delivery, delivery, delivery. i recognise in opposition communicating is key. as i said, i have done more communicating on behalf of conservative values that i think anybody else at all of the current political era. i know that i can take our message to former conservative voters and conservative voters of the future, which is why i am putting myself forward, which is why i believe i am best placed to win.- which is why i believe i am best placed to win. thank you.

reflecting _ best placed to win. thank you. reflecting on _ best placed to win. thank you. reflecting on the _ best placed to win. thank you. | reflecting on the conservatives worst _ reflecting on the conservatives worst ever defeat over this summer. _ worst ever defeat over this summer, what is your diagnosis of what — summer, what is your diagnosis of what went so wrong, and to follow — of what went so wrong, and to follow up _ of what went so wrong, and to follow up on what helen said, as a _ follow up on what helen said, as a former home secretary, foreign— as a former home secretary, foreign secretary, education secretary and party chairman, for many _ secretary and party chairman, for many voters who are at the very _ for many voters who are at the very embodiment of what they have _ very embodiment of what they have just — very embodiment of what they have just rejected. does that make — have just rejected. does that make you part of the solution? beth, — make you part of the solution? beth, as — make you part of the solution? beth, as i _ make you part of the solution? beth, as i say, everyone running has been a minister in the conservative government. we will all have to stand by our records. my record has been delivery, delivery, delivery, delivery. when i was at the home office i broke with tradition and spent less time shouting about what frustrated me and more time dealing with

what frustrated the british people. i put changes in place that we are now seeing is bringing down net migration. i made sure we were sending people who had no right to be here back to their country of origin. deportations went up. i made sure we tightened the criteria for accepting asylum applications to the application rate came down. i made sure that we coordinated with international law enforcement to disrupt the supply chain of boats, engines, money, and i said people smugglers to prison for our combined sum of hundreds of years. i can go back including the time as party chairman where i helped some fantastic candidates around the country and boris johnson as prime minister to deliver the best election result that we had seen in decades. if we are going to be judged on records i am very happy to bejudged on my record of delivery.

applause. and - applause. and when i applause. i and when you applause. - and when you say applause. _ and when you say what applause. — and when you say what is my analysis, my analysis is not what counts, what counts is what counts, what counts is what i was told on the doorsteps in braintree and across the country when i was campaigning both for myself and my friends and colleagues. over and over and over again i had people on the doorsteps is that i have always voted conservative, but... anyone that knocked on doors in this general election could recognise what came next, but this infighting is killing you and i am not going to vote for you until you get your act together, until you start actually acting as if you care about me, rather than about yourselves i will not vote for you. let do what they told us to do, which are stop messing about, get her act together, start serving the british

people and get back into government at the first opportunity. applause. coral, - applause. coral, if. applause. coral, if i. applause. - coral, if i could do to applause. — coral, if i could do to you. thank you, james. looking at the board _ thank you, james. looking at the board behind you, isn't promising lower taxes but higher— promising lower taxes but higher spending this sort of thing — higher spending this sort of thing that hasjust got higher spending this sort of thing that has just got the tory— thing that has just got the tory party and electoral drubbing?— tory party and electoral drubbina? , , , . drubbing? this is very much about priorities. _ drubbing? this is very much about priorities. the - drubbing? this is very much| about priorities. the foreign secretary and defence secretary are two rules that have to be entwined like twines in a row. that is why i am not surprised that grant is back in may. we know how each other work. the way you deliver is to prioritise, prioritise,

prioritise. in an increasingly turbulent world we need to send a message to ourselves, our allies and our opponents that we take our international responsibilities and our domestic responsibilities seriously, which is why we have to spend 3% on defence. i have said that requires trade—offs. you cannot credibly cut taxes unless you have a credible plan to progressively, fairly, but nevertheless relentlessly, pushed down on public spending. i have committed to do that and i have committed to do that and i will set out how in ourfair and transparent way between now and transparent way between now and when we stand for election in a few years at national level, to show people that you can run better government, smaller government, and it is in their interest to do so. when the labour party say that the tax rate is too high and

then immediately set about doing a whole load of things that will put taxes up, the british people will quickly get fed up with the hypocrisy and dishonesty and that will never happen under my leadership. applause. happen under my leadership. applause— applause. james cleverly defending _ applause. james cleverly defending his _ applause. james cleverly defending his reasons - applause. james cleverly defending his reasons and| applause. james cleverly i defending his reasons and his belief that he should be the next leader of the conservative party and, hence, prime minister of the uk. whenever that election comes around. let's cross to katie boulter from the spectator. your main take away from what you heard there? this take away from what you heard there? �* , take away from what you heard there? . , , . g. , there? as we expected, james cleverly really _ there? as we expected, james cleverly really going _ there? as we expected, james cleverly really going for - there? as we expected, james cleverly really going for the . cleverly really going for the unity pitch. i thought it was interesting that grants shapps introduced him. grant shapps lost a seat in the general election, so we can actually vote forjames cleverly, but it seems to show how james cleverly is playing that experience card saying he

himself has had many cabinet jobs,, it is a little bit different to the more freshfaced argument you're getting from some of the other candidates. the other thing that struck me was how specific james cleverly was on policy, on 3% and defence spending, talking about abolishing stamp duty and talking about building upwards and planning regulation compare that to kemi badenoch this morning saying she didn't want to talk about any policy it was too early to talk about details.— talk about details. you have our talk about details. you have your ear _ talk about details. you have your ear to _ talk about details. you have your ear to the _ talk about details. you have your ear to the ground. - talk about details. you have your ear to the ground. i - talk about details. you have i your ear to the ground. i found it really interesting that i have never briefed against the colleague, he was pointing out his loyalty, making him best place to be a leader. how to katy perry is the conservative party at the moment? it katy perry is the conservative party at the moment?- party at the moment? it was interesting — party at the moment? it was interesting he _ party at the moment? it was interesting he said _ party at the moment? it was interesting he said that - interesting he said that because i felt a little bit

pointed. of course, we have this yellow card system in play during the leadership contest where they are not allowed to direct attacks on their rivals, so you are not getting too much name—calling, but you could read that the scent perhaps some of the other candidates, robertjenrick quit the government i was quite critical. if robertjenrick was here he would say he was being constructively critical, to make a point on immigration and the plan. kemi badenoch is accused of being abrasive. everyone is trying to be quite well—behaved, but you do wonder how long back and really last in quite a long contest. particularly because we are getting different diagnoses at this point of what went wrong for the tory party. james cleverly is seen as a big team player and he offers he thinks it is one of his biggest strengths. how that would last if he did become leader, he could face some of those who

did not make it all the way, therefore perhaps the infighting, if it is to be an issue, to be a bigger issue once the new leader is in place and everyone is meant to play happy families, whereas the system to tear you from almost criticising another colleague seems to be working there. katie, it has been fascinating chatting to you. political editor of the spectator. we heard heard from two candidates vying for the leadership of the conservative party. we have the weather coming up next and then the one o'clock news with anna foster. good afternoon. today is a classic transition day, weather wise. a change is taking place from the very warm and humid air that brought some of us temperatures of up to

30 degrees yesterday, to some cooler and fresher conditions heading in from the west for the middle part of the week. but as that transition takes place, the cooler air bumping into the warm and humid air where we have a lot of mist and murk out there some very gloomy scenes across many parts of the uk and also some outbreaks of rain. now this is a really messy transition. yes, we have low pressure in charge, but various different frontal systems bringing showers or longer spells of rain. it does look like this. heavy and persistent rain will continue to move northeastwards. the chance of some thunderstorms across the north east of scotland. and as things brighten up further south and west, we will see some sharp showers again, the potential for some heavy downpours and some thunder and lightning still up to the middle 20s across eastern england. cooler and fresher further north and west. but as we go through this evening and tonight, we'll continue to see those areas of showery rain pushing northwards and eastwards, some clearer spells spreading from the west. i think we will keep a fair amount of cloud, perhaps some mist and murk around here and there. another rather warm night in the southeast corner, but a much

cooler, fresher one. further north and west. and that fresher air will continue to make progress southwards and eastwards during tomorrow. this band of cloud and patchy rain affecting parts of western scotland and northern ireland, perhaps into north west england, parts of north wales. some cloud and showers further south and east, but equally some spells of sunshine and those temperatures 16 for aberdeen and for glasgow, 22 in london. now this big area of high pressure in the atlantic is going to try to extend its influence for the middle part of the week still, though, some weak frontal zones in the picture. so that means a lot of dry weather thanks to that area of high pressure. but those weak weather fronts still bringing some areas of cloud and some bits and pieces of showery rain at times, but those temperatures will be lower. ia to 21 degrees, covers things north to south for the middle of the week, and then for the end of the week. well, there's a lot of uncertainty about the detail, but it looks like low pressure may develop

to the south of the uk, bringing some outbreaks of rain with some drier conditions further north. today at one: single—word verdicts on england's schools are scrapped, with ofsted inspection reports set to be changed. it's after the suicide of headteacher ruth perry when her school was graded "inadequate". also on the programme: as mps return to parliament, the prime minister once again defends cutting the winter fuel payment for some pensioners. strikers close schools and shops in israel in protest at the government's handling of hostage release talks with hamas. # today i'm a rock and roll star. the government makes dynamic pricing part of its review of ticket touting, as some oasis fans are charged hundreds more than they expected. yes, he says! dave ellis, you are the paralympic champion.