continue it now. unnecessary to continue it now. i think_ unnecessary to continue it now. i think that _ unnecessary to continue it now. i think that the best way for both— i think that the best way for both sides, they have paid a high — both sides, they have paid a high price already in the last year. — high price already in the last year. is _ high price already in the last year. is to— high price already in the last year, is to sit together. hezbollah will not sit with israel. _ hezbollah will not sit with israel, and it is considered a terrorist _ israel, and it is considered a terrorist organisation and rightly— terrorist organisation and rightly so, but they need a third — rightly so, but they need a third party and put an end to it. we should put an end to it. the secretary general is right in saying this.

if it cooper made her speech which seem to go down very well. if you pull back a bit and look at them in a new, yvette cooper was trying to establish the party and government as the party and government as the party of law and or daft. she focused on bringing down knife crime, reducing violence against women and girls which got a rousing standing ovation.

tackling street crime and making town centres and communities safe for people. they want to introduce a new respect order meaning prolific and persistent people undertaking anti—social behaviour would be subject to these orders. there was the mention of small boat crossings. again a commitment to tackle the gangs behind the trade. yvette cooper has a difficult and wide—ranging brief as home secretary. if you're in the hole and wanted an overall takeaway, it is they are getting tough on crime and want to be seen as a party who can manage do that. let us listen to the home secretary. in let us listen to the home secretary-— let us listen to the home secretary. let us listen to the home secreta . ., , secretary. in three months we set at the _ secretary. in three months we set at the border _ secretary. in three months we set at the border security - set at the border security command, launched new investment in covert investigations to go after the gangs — investigations to go after the gangs with proper enforcement and returns. instead of spending £700 million employing

1000 people to send four volunteers to rwanda, we are boosting _ volunteers to rwanda, we are boosting our border security because _ boosting our border security because the best way is to work with countries on the other side — with countries on the other side of— with countries on the other side of our borders, notjust stand — side of our borders, notjust stand on_ side of our borders, notjust stand on the shoreline shouting at the _ stand on the shoreline shouting at the sea. applause from our border security to our national security, combating changing terror state cyber threats, to the security and safety of our local streets. we know security is the bedrock on which — we know security is the bedrock on which communities can come together— on which communities can come together and on which the opportunities labour has always fought— opportunities labour has always fought for are built. you don't -et fought for are built. you don't get social— fought for are built. you don't get socialjustice if you don't have — get socialjustice if you don't have justice. get socialjustice if you don't havejustice. respect get socialjustice if you don't have justice. respect is the very— have justice. respect is the very foundation of our democracy and those labour values — democracy and those labour values are at the heart of all

we d0~ — values are at the heart of all we do. they are at the heart of our mission _ we do. they are at the heart of our mission for safer streets, were — our mission for safer streets, were for— our mission for safer streets, were for too long across the country _ were for too long across the country rising town centre and street — country rising town centre and street crime had been driving people — street crime had been driving people away from high streets, corrodihg — people away from high streets, corroding the fabric of our communities. this labour government will bring new powers _ government will bring new powers of anti—social behaviour, shoplifting, off—road bikes, we will put neighbourhood police back in our communities and back on the heat _ beat. yvette cooper beat. — yvette cooper with several standing ovations. we are awaiting lisa nandy about to take to the podium. let us listen to the culture secretary. how do you follow that! thank you so much, imogen. an olympic gold medallist and a junior

doctor come here to inspire and to serve, to allow people to dream, to change lives, to never take no for an answer. she absolutely sums up the spirit of our country. we need that spirit and conviction after iii dark, divisive years. successive tory governments running down our rich and proud heritage in arts and music and the right of every child to it. at the stroke of a pen, enrichment funding in schools, gone. libraries, theatres, youth workers, gone. that lifeline for young people broken. the promise of a generation inspired by sport, broken. this is what cultural vandalism looks like and come conference, it ends today.

applause no more of their violent indifference to the things that matter most. because the rich, diverse culture in our country is not just how we grow as people but how we make and shape a nation. conference, we are a better country than the government we have had, and we are going to give voice to that country again. applause because the history of britain is the history of people like imaging. is the history of people like imauuin. ., , imaging. ordinary, extraordinary - imaging. ordinary, i extraordinary people imaging. ordinary, - extraordinary people doing extraordinary people doing extraordinary things, building the rich cultural inheritance that gives our lives meaning, handed down through generations. every labour government in history has been animated by a passion for the arts, sports, music and culture which help us grow as people, and grow as a nation. it was the clement

attlee government which created the national parks out of the conviction clean air and recreation belonged to us all. applause it was herbert morrison who brought the festival of britain to every corner of the country, and the wilson government who created the first ever arts minister, jennie lee, whose motto, arts for everyone, everywhere, enriched lives in everywhere, enriched lives in every single part of our country. applause and it was the tony blair government through the amazing tessa jowell who brought the london 2012 olympics to britain and inspired a generation of young people like imogen to go on, dream big, cheap beer, and inspire the next. find on, dream big, cheap beer, and inspire the next.— on, dream big, cheap beer, and inspire the next. and opened up with the support _ inspire the next. and opened up with the support of _ inspire the next. and opened up with the support of chris - with the support of chris smith, gordon brown and tony blair, our national museums and galleries to the nation, returning them to the people to whom they belong.

applause you see, we have never accepted in labour that the chance to live richer, larger lives belongs only to some of us, and, conference, we never ever will! applause cheering we face a choice as a country and as a government. to be the last guardians of this chapter or the first pioneers of the next. so with our fantastic team, chris, steph, fiona, vicky and kim, change begins now. we will be the light on the hill to open up those opportunities to a generation again and put people back at the centre of their own story, where their contribution is seen and valued and they can live richer, larger lives again. and we won't waste a minute. in our first few weeks we have announced the football governance bills to put fans

back at the centre of their clubs. this culture belongs to everyone. we are delivering youth clubs so young people can decide what they want and need in their own communities because we see their potential not just because we see their potential notjust problems. we are resetting our relationship with our amazing civil society. the charities, trade unions, community groups who have been a lifeline through these darkest of times. they were silenced by the tories. no more. our government believes they are essential partners in they are essential partners in the country we seek to build and they have notjust a right but a duty to speak out. applause and we won't stop there. applause and we won't sto there. ~ . and we won't stop there. we are about to kick _ and we won't stop there. we are about to kick start _ and we won't stop there. we are about to kick start the _ and we won't stop there. we are about to kick start the charter i about to kick start the charter review to ensure the bbc survives and thrives well into the latter half of this century. applause cheering and we are working with the tv industry to ensure it becomes

far more representative of the country with decision—makers who hail from every country with decision—makers who hailfrom every nation and region. we are about to kick of a review of the arts council to ensure arts for everyone, everywhere because we will never accept that culture is just for the privileged few in a few corners of the country and we will never accept there is a trade—off between excellence and access. applause we will hand back power to communities to reclaim their cultural assets of historic buildings so they have a vibrant future not a forgotten past, will put young people backin past, will put young people back in the heart of their own futures for a plan that they will write, because every young person matters, and with this labour government, theirs is a generation that will be heard. cheering will put rocket boosters under tourism, film, growing creative

industries in sunderland, apple, birmingham, dundee, alongside our amazing mayors and councils so everyone in every part of our country had notjust every part of our country had not just got good every part of our country had notjust got good jobs in their own community but the chance to write the next chapter of our national story. and most of all, most of all, when they are raised culture and creativity from our classrooms and our communities, running down the arts, narrowing the curriculum, slashing council funding so parts of the country became cultural deserts, they choked off choices and chances for a generation to be able to imagine and create the lives and the country they believe in. george bernard shaw wrote, imagination is the beginning of creation. you imagine what you desire. you will what you imagine. and at last you create

what you will. we are going to reignite the imagination of the next generation because a complete education is a creative education is a creative education and that is why bridget and i have kick—started to put arts, sport and music back at the heart of our schools and communities where it belongs! cheering it is our ambition that went in five years we turn to face the nation again, that we will face a self—confident country that can celebrate the rich diversity and inheritance of our communities, and all the

people in them. where everybody�*s contribution is seen and valued and they see themselves reflected in our national story. never let them tell you that it cannot be done. we are the party that gave the world the first ever climate change act, the nhs comprehensive education and the race relations act, we flew the pride flag over our embassies in countries where who you loved was a crime. the light on the health of people at home and overseas. applause it has been a long, hard slog back to power. through a dark and divisive decade. but by opening up the art to everyone everywhere, the lives of children you will never meet whose names you will never meet whose names you will never know will be changed forever because of what we have done, and what we are going to done, and what we are going to do together. this is the difference every

labour government has made in power. it is written into our dna. we change lives, and we give our country its confidence back. and, conference, it is thanks to each and every one of you in this room that the force ever labour government in history will do it again —— the fourth of a labour government. thank you. cheering studio: thatwasn't lisa nandy there, the culture secretary, with another upbeat speech talking about the long hard slog to power that labour is going to open up the arts to everyone. that is close to alex forsyth listening. the most important news where the piece was the review of the curriculum

putting arts, sports and music back at the heart. yes, the message behind this, and you heard her use the words, she accused the previous demonstration of cultural vandalism. the whole thrust of this speech was lisa nandy making a promise to return arts and culture to every corner of the country. that includes schools. looking at the school curriculum, at the provision of music, art, sports, culture. she was saying in communities beyond schools. we know arts funding has been under pressure for some time. lisa nandy making a promise it would not just be the major cities having arts venues or access to arts and culture for the public, she wanted to spread out across the country. worth remembering council budgets in particular are under real pressure and had been for some time. because of growing demand for social care, children's services, temporary housing. often it is councils

who fund arts