payslips of working people, fixing the foundations of our economy and investing in the future of britain and the future of britain and the future of britain and the future of wales. finally turning the page on austerity once and for all. applause. i austerity once and for all. applause— austerity once and for all. applause. ., , ., applause. i will also defend it because the — applause. i will also defend it because the time _ applause. i will also defend it because the time is _ applause. i will also defend it because the time is long - because the time is long overdue for westminster politicians to level with people honestly about the trade—offs that britain faces. to stop insulting your intelligence with a chicanery of easy answers when that is exactly how we got into this mess in the first place. of course it is hard, if it were easy then britain would not be here. and working people know that. they know there are no

short cuts but they also know that protecting their payslips, fixing our public services, rebuilding our nation with investment, they know that is the path that a labour government with our values will take. because that is what they voted for and that is the path of change. £21 billion for wales next year, a record figure. that is the path of change. an additional £1.7 million through the barnett formula, that is the path of change. more money for welsh schools and hospitals, more investment in welsh potential and pride, £88 million for city and pride, £88 million for city and growth deals, £1 billion for aerospace benefiting companies like airbus. he knew hydrogen future in milford haven, morejobs, growth, money

in the pockets of welsh people. conference, that is the path of change. conference, that is the path of chance. �* ~ ,, and conference we take yet another step along that road today, confirming that £160 million of new investment for an investment zone in wrexham will go live next year. applause.— will go live next year. applause. , , ., ., applause. this will promote investment — applause. this will promote investment and _ applause. this will promote investment and opportunity l investment and opportunity creating morejobs investment and opportunity creating more jobs and investment and opportunity creating morejobs and driving economic growth across north wales and that is exactly why i have always said growth is my most important mission. we have globe. a new future forged in the furnace of opportunil we have most important mission. we have taken some extremely tough taken some extremely tough decisions on tax, you know decisions on tax, you know that. but we cannot keep on that. but we cannot keep on that. but we cannot keep on that road. a labour government that. but we cannot keep on that road. a labour government cannot be reduced to a ever cannot be reduced to a ever

expanding state funded by ever expanding state funded by ever increasing taxes so growth and increasing taxes so growth and reform have to be labour reform have to be labour causes, the means and the ends causes, the means and the ends of rebuilding our country. and of rebuilding our country. and i have said we need to be a i have said we need to be a great reforming government and great reforming government and we will. there are huge assets we will. there are huge assets in this nation, a heritage in in this nation, a heritage in science, trade, industry. science, trade, industry. richer and deeper than anywhere richer and deeper than anywhere else in the world. take paris else in the world. take paris mountainjust else in the world. take paris mountainjust else in the world. take paris mountain just a couple of miles mountain just a couple of miles from here. a copper mine that from here. a copper mine that shaped north wales for shaped north wales for thousands of years. the thousands of years. the beginning of this nation beginning of this nation becoming the first truly becoming the first truly industrial nation in the world, industrial nation in the world, where the copper that lined the where the �*s' your % = a as; - f' ships of the british navy came from, carrying welsh coal and power to every corner of the globe. a new future forged in

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industrial nation in the world, where the �*s' your country, lll ll l industrial nation in the world, where the �*s' your country, and ., l community, your country, and even beyond our shores. a pride that looked out to the world and said, this is our place, this is who we are. now this whole political project, the changes we have made to the labour party, they have always been about re—forging that identity. and that is why in the budget, we are doing the right thing by those communities that powered our country. £25 million to keep disused coal tips are safe, making sure mine workers have pensions that are rightly theirs! that is what returned theirs! that is what returned the labour party towards course we do. we have to deliver a just an! towards td the labour party towards looking after the rights of looking after the rights of working people. but working people. but working people. applause. but the 'ob working people. applause. but the job now _ working people. applause. but working people. applause. but the 'ob working people. applause. but the job now _ working people. applause. but the job now and _ working people. applause. but the job now and the _ working people. applause. but the job now and the bigger- working people. applause. but the job now and the biggerjob l thejob now and the biggerjob is to do exactly the same for the job now and _ working people. applause. but the job now and the _ working people. applause. but the job now and the bigger- working people. applause. but the job now and the biggerjob l thejob now and the biggerjob is to do exactly the same for wales and britain. because i do wales and britain. because i do

not believe those stories not believe those stories belong in the history books. i belong in the history books. i believe they live in our believe they live in our values. values that if we fix values. values that if we fix the foundations, keep our the foundations, keep our economy stable, if we are economy stable, if we are decisive on industrial policy, decisive on industrial policy, smart with our investment, can smart with our investment, can make wales competitive notjust make wales competitive notjust now but long into the future. a now but long into the future. a nation that already enjoys nation that already enjoys leading positions in the leading positions in the industries of tomorrow. life industries of tomorrow. life sciences. on the south wales sciences. on the south wales coast. aerospace here in north coast. aerospace here in north wales. clean energy right across the nation. wales. clean energy right across the nation. semiconductors in newport and semiconductors in newport and yes, green steel in port yes, green steel in port talbot. and that is the hard part, conference. port talbot shows exactly the challenge. we have to support people, of course we do. we have to

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package, comprehensive training programme on a decent wage for 12 months. in the budget we also invested £80 million in transition and today we have announced a new multi—million pound fund for port talbot workers and their families to set up their own businesses. i have met with those workers on a number of occasions. and i have had good conversations with them about what they do, what they want, for themselves, their families and their communities. theirfamilies and their communities. i know they have huge ambition and aspiration for the future. and we will help them make their hopes reality. build a new future for their family and reality. build a new future for theirfamily and community. but most importantly of all, conference, we secured the largest private investment in uk steel in decades, secured a new direction for steel in port

talbot, secured a long—term future, a foundation that the next generation in the local economy more widely can build their lives around. and that's exactly what i mean tough decisions. and it is not easy. but it is the responsibility and opportunity of power. the choice we face on industrial policy can never be between no change and no support, that is the false choice that led to the false choice that led to the devastation across this nation in the 1980s. the politics of easy answers, it was wrong then and it is wrong now. what we must do is escape the mindset that sees industrial communities are some sort of charity case and instead see them as the source of growth and dynamism that they actually are. potential and pride that can be unlocked if we have an optus trick and

serious plan for the future and conference, that is how we rewrite our story in the ink of the future. we do it with a plan. we do it with pride, with investment. a modern industrial strategy that unlocks the strength and ambition of wales, a national wealth fund making investments across the country, upgrading ports and supply chains across the uk, bigger factories. leading the world and investment in clean hydrogen, tidal energy and carbon capture and storage. industries where we can lead, we can win, industries for wales has a future and yes, investment to transition our steel industry. the future of welsh steel secured. that is how we face the future, that is how we face the future, that is how we face the future, that is how we deliver change. because

make no mistake. this is a golden opportunity and we cannot pass it up. a once in a generation chance for a labour government in westminster to work in partnership with a labour government in wales. and look at the results already. the biggest uplift to workers' rights in a generation. buyer and rehire is ended. exploitative zero—hours contracts are scrapped, maternity and paternity rights protected, carer�*s allowance protected, ca rer�*s allowance extended, protected, carer�*s allowance extended, the state pension more generous, the triple lock secured, your duty cut, the national living wage increased, £1400 a year in the pockets of working people, money for the nhs, schools, councils, for children with special educational needs, the regions and nations of this country. and we are onlyjust getting started. and we are only 'ust getting started. �* . ,,

and we are only 'ust getting starteti n - and we are only 'ust getting startedi it is - and we are only 'ust getting i startedi it is time started. applause. it is time to show the — started. applause. it is time to show the power _ started. applause. it is time to show the power of - started. applause. it is time to show the power of unity i started. applause. it is time | to show the power of unity and the purpose of change. a new future forts from welsh pride, wales and britain, restored to the service of working people. conference, thank you so much. cheering. applause. sir keir starmer addressing the welsh labour conference. that address in llandudno _ labour conference. that address in llandudno in _ labour conference. that address in llandudno in north _ labour conference. that address in llandudno in north wales. - in llandudno in north wales. and our political correspondent damian grammaticas is with us on some key takeaways. a big thing 1523 00:12:43,286 --> 00:12