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c-span now or online at c-span .org. in 1953, julius and ethel rosenberg were executed after being convicted of conspiracy to convict espionage for the soviet union. their sons were 10 and six at the time. sunday on q&a, the brothers talk about their lives following their parents executions and their efforts to clear their mothers record posthumously. >> privy to all of the stuff that we have learned since, including the noninvolvement of my mother. that is the reason why, surprisingly, when the judge was soliciting, by the way, doing this secretly, recommendations on the sentence, opposing the death sentence for our mother. >> there is a file in there that

says ethel rosenberg was not a spy. when that file gets released, the puzzle will finally be complete and we will be able to show the american public that u.s. government do ethel rosenberg was not a spy, used her as a hostage and that's -- executed her because she called their bluff. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts are never free c-span now app. at the labour party conference of liverpool england british prime minister spoke about his vision for the united kingdom, immigration, public safety, support for ukraine and infrastructure investment during his hour-long speech. this.

[cheering and applause] thank you. thank you thank you. thank you very much. thank you, matthew, for that introduction. you stood on this stage aged 21 to do something you have never done before. not an easy thing to do.

that was fantastic. [applause] thank you, conference. thank you from the bottom of my heart. thank you for everything that you have done to fulfill the basic duty of our party. so that we can return this great nation to the service of working people. thank you, conference. [cheering and applause] people said we could not do it. but we did and we did it to get there. look at us now. a record-breaking conference. the biggest attendance ever in our history. [applause]

and such a far cry from my first conference speech. to a live audience of one. [laughter] the cameraman. socially distanced and art center. remember that? don't worry, most people don't. [laughter] i bet that you do remember the one that year later conference three years ago. the turning of the tide. the fight for the heart and soul of this party. people said that we were going too far. people said we were going too fast. they did not want to face the country. they wanted to go back to a comfort zone. take the easier road to nowhere. the challenge of change. we stood firm, conference.

we stood together, conference and we won. [cheering and applause] [applause] so take pride in your victory. take pride that labeled one and every single region in england, take pride that labeled one in wales, take pride that labeled one in scotland. [cheering and applause] but never forget that this opportunity is only here because we changed the party. country first, party second. that is not a slogan. it is the foundation of this project. a packed with working people we must fulfill to obtain the

purpose of serving their interests. national security, wealth preparation, rooting out anti-semitism, the changes we made our permanent irreversible and the work of service never stops. country first, party second. [applause] conference for many people in this city. the speech that they may remember was the one here two years ago because that is when i promised, or on this stage, that if i ever have the privilege to serve our country as prime minister, one of my first acts will be to bring in a duty of candor. [applause]

a loss for liverpool. a loss for the 97. a law that people should not have had to fight so hard to get delivered by this labor government. [applause] it is also a law for the sub postmasters. the victims of infected blood. and all of the countless injustices over the years suffered by working people at the hands of those that were supposed to serve them. truth and justice concealed behind the closed ranks of the state. conference, this is the meaning of clause one. because, today, i can confirm the duty of candor will apply to look authorities and public servants. it will include criminal sanctions in the bills will be

introduced to parliament before the next anniversary in april. [applause] it is work that shows how the government service must act in everything that it does. to show to the working people of this country the politics can be a force for good. politics can be on the side of truth and justice. politics can secure a better life for your family through the study but uncompromising work of service. because service is the responsibility and opportunity of power. the precondition for hope it the respect that can unite a country

find us to the politics of national review. service does not mean we will get everything right, it does not need everyone will agree, but it does mean we understand that every decision that we take , we take to gather and it is our duty to the british people to face up to necessary decisions and their interest. conference, you know me by now, so you know all of those, the bad faith advice from people that still cover the politics of noisy performance, the cowardly fantasy of populism, it is water off a ducks back. [applause]

mere glitter. [laughter] it has never distracted the before and it will not distract me now. this is a long term project. i have never pretended otherwise conference, make no mistake, the work of change has begun the politics of service has begun. landing, reform, dock is back in theater it offshore wind projects. the onshore band lifted it the great british energy launched. a border security command. a national welfare getting written building again. the renters reform bill. stopping no-fault evictions. bringing railways back to public

ownership. [applause] we are only just getting started a real living wage. a modern industrial strategy. the evolution of our nations region and cities. the biggest leveling up of workers rights in the nation he had for operations. rebuilding our public services. change has begun.

five national missions. they will deliver the higher growth, the safer streets, the cleaner energy, the healthiest society. i know the british people want and need the mandate. that we want. our economy stabilized the foundations of this country. a better home built to last. above all built together a nation be balanced so it once

again serves the interests of working people and through the power unleashed by that process, a renewal of who we are, a country that gives equal voice to every person. a country will -- will not expect to change who you are just to get on the a country that does not just work for you and your family, but one that recognizes you, that sees you and respects you as part of our story. britain belongs to you. [applause] because, make no mistake, that is to pretend we are building. change is not a few lines on the graph moving in the right direction. a policy or two while the broader development remains

untouched. returning to one of the roadways a rediscovery in the full glare of who we are. the trouble just as we saw the labour party four years ago. it is no longer sure of itself. this pride, of course there is. there is a respect all around the world. trust me, nobody anywhere doubt that this is a great nation. a nation known for our creativity. our artistic's guilt. quality combined with the industry and pride of working people. not just rewritten our own story

, but also that of the world. we could do that again. [applause] in fact, we must. technology, climate change. the movement to people. this is a time when great forces demand a decisive government prepared to face the future. we can see that again in the middle east today. so, i call again for restraint and de-escalation of the border between lebanon and israel. the return. a recommitment to the two state

solution and a recognized palestinian state alongside the safe and secure israel. that is the message i will take to the un general assembly when i traveled there later today. alongside our steadfast work for ukraine in the face of russian aggression. and in this uncertain world, i also paid tribute. the conference, strengthen this dangerous world depends on strength at home. and, yet, look at our country. look at our country.

do you see a britain where people feel with the certainty that they deserved, that it will be better for your children. because when i was growing up that is what we believed. the working class background like mine. we took it for granted. we built our lives around it. that is not the country we inherited in july. that confidence, that certainty, it is brittle and fragile. so, we have to restore it. that is the mandate we want. the meaning of change. [applause] it all comes back to that question. can politics be a force of good for people lives.

no time to waste on why they think politics has failed. we have to show what it can do for their lives. restore after 14 years of chaos faith in the values that have always guided this nation. the stability. duration. common sense. keeping a cool head. staying the course. facing the future. the determination of service and above all, our faith. no matter the challenge. practical solutions that work. not the easy answers. they may very well move a crowd, but do not move a nation forward no conference. [applause] we know that way lies ruin. we have seen it in our party and we have changed it.

for 14 years against our countries as traditions, we have seen the dead britain yet now, we must change that, too. we must build a new britain it built from an age-old spirit of creativity, the pride and ambition of working. matched by government of service a decisive government. a government prepared to use its power for justice, opportunity, equal respect. the liver what belongs to you. a britain that belongs to you because politics sees public service as a privilege. not privilege the entitlement of public service. [applause] a britain that belongs to you because government is mission driven and serious. clear measurable targets. progress displayed publicly.

a britain that belongs to you because we maintain our focus at all times. those five national missions providing the security they need protecting us the winds of north chester. making sure we don't get blown off course. because we came together and together we built it. because this has to be a partnership he had we both achieve our missions alone. i understand the power and responsibility of government. the way it could make or break a life. your chief prosecutor, you look into the eyes of victims who lost everything, carol's.

his daughter was raped and murdered as i did. trust me. you learn about what government can and must do. and i also know from the campaigners people who fight tirelessly against murder and terrorism so no other family will suffer their terrible pain. fighting for better nhs so no other person will suffer this fate till late cancer diagnosis. the families and survivors whose dignity for seven years held up a mirror to this nation. do we really give everyone this voice?

they have all shown that the difference between service and government, true services that service must listen to people far beyond the walls of the state and empower them to make our country better because trust me, that is without question the quickest way to clear away and build the britain that belongs to you. [applause] and so change it begins. another injustice hiding in plain sight in our streets. every town or city in this country. people that were prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for our nation yet who will not have a safe place to sleep tonight. we cannot stand by and let this

happen anymore. so today i can announce at this government well-respected that service. we will repay those that served us and have all veterans will do that for heroes. [applause] thank you. and because we started the hard jobs of planning reform, because we are placed -- facing decisions for years, planning passwords that will determine

this in our inner cities. we can make the very same promise to other people at risk of homelessness. victims of domestic abuse. they will have a roof over their head because britain belongs to them. and another thing, conference, publicly owned national champion , does the coal will drive forward our clean energy. we said it belonged in scotland.

and it does. but the truth is, it could only really ever be based in one place in scotland. so, today, i can confirm the future british energy will be powered as it has for decades for the working people in the granite city with gigabyte energy based. [applause] this is how the work of change happens. a decisive government moving our country forward step by step. focused on the long term plan. first, we stabilize our country.

second, we fix the foundation. third, we build with pride and determination a britain that belongs to you. but, it will be hard. that is not rhetoric. it is reality. the 22 billion pounds of unfunded spending. concealed. it is not just the societal. public services decimated. communities held together with little more than goodwill. it is also the political blackhole. because the politics of national renewal, they are collecting, they involve a shared struggle. it says to everyone, this will be tough in the short term, but in the long term, it is the right thing to do for our

country, and we all benefit from that. to coin a phrase, we are all in it together. [applause] but that is just it, isn't it. people have heard it all before. and they listen spirit public service in the early days, people did everything after them to find a way forward. they did it in the pandemic as well. save the lives of people they will never be. all while their government break the very rules they formed spirit so people ask us now, as we seek patients, what will we get to show for it. i understand that. after all, what they are use to

us alive. an act, a performance. you may call it populism, many people do. i prefer to call it the politics of easy answers. because, at its core, that is what it is. a deliberate refusal to the tough decisions because of political pain is just too much. party first, country second. take a wonder, a policy they knew from the beginning would never work. was never supposed to work. on something that was never a credible option. because, holistically, there was an easier answer. just look at the difference you could make. 23% increase in return to people that have no right to be here.

it was the same story on everything. energy security. the housing crisis. telling people they are tough on crime without building in the prison places. fourteen years of performance. fourteen years of exploiting problems, not solving them. searching them for conflict. not on growth, technology, climate change, public services, the aging population or any of the challenges that this country desperately needed to face up to [applause] those challenges are still here, conference. and we are facing up to them. but do not forget what they did. do not let them attempt to shift the blame because the state of our country is on them.

[applause] why must we release visitors early? public services on their knees because they served themselves. why is crime routinely unpunished. bruce crumbling. child poverty rampant. nothing seems to work the public finances broken. before the politics of easy answers rather than use the power of government to serve our country. [applause] yet, still, those wounds of trust must be healed still, that question calls to us what will be get to show for it?

so, let me answer that directly. and address anyone nervous about the difficult road ahead. because i know this country is exhausted. i know the cost of living crisis over the wonder of our lives. i know people want respect and relief. i even have voted labor for that reason. so, first, let me be clear. our project has not and will never change. i change the labor party to restore to the service of working people and that is exactly what we will do. i will not do it with easy answers. i will not do it with also. not now, not ever. that is how we got here in the

first place. so, i know after everything that you have been through, how hard it is to hear a politician ask for more. but, deep down, i think you also know our country does need a long-term plan we cannot turn back. the state of our country is real however, i would also say this. this is a government of service. that means whether we agree or not, i will always treat you with the respective candor. and the truth is, if we take tough long-term decisions now, if we stick to the driving purpose around everything that we do, higher economic growth, facing the future, waiting list

at your hospital now, safer streets in your community, stronger borders, more opportunities for your children, then that light at the end of this tunnel, the britain that belongs to you, we get there much more quickly. [applause] and, look, i understand that many of the decisions we must take will be unpopular. if they were popular, they would bac. that will be shared fairly. we look at the welfare build out because we will tackle long term and support people back to work. we will make every penny work

for you because we will root out waste and go for attack avoidance. no stone left on turned. we will build our public service protect our people. do this in a labor way. and that is a promise. [applause] and if you cannot take that on faith, perhaps because you are can turned about the winter fuel alliance, then i get that. if this path were popular or easy, we would have fought it already. but the risk of showing to the world that this country does not fund its policies properly, that is a risk that we can never take a gander.

stabilizing our economy is a first step of this long-term plan. the only way we keep prices up. secure the triple so that every pensioner in this country, every pensioner will be better off with labor. [applause] but, more broadly, i also say this. we take on those massive challenges, the time is long overdue for politicians to level with you about the trade-offs this country faces because if the last few years have shown us anything, it is if you bury your head because things are difficult, your country goes backwards.

so, if we want justice to be served, some communities must live close to new prisons. if we want to maintain support, we will legislate to stop benefit fraud. do everything that we can. if we want cheaper electricity, we need new pylon. otherwise, the burden of taxpayers is too much. [applause] if we want homeownership to be a credible aspiration for our children, then every community has a duty to contribute to that purpose. [applause] if we want to tackle illegal migration seriously, we cannot pretend that there is a magical process that allows you to return people here without accept that process will also

grant some people asylum. [applause] if we are serious about leveling up, then we must be proud party of wealth creation. unashamed to partner with the private sector. perhaps, most importantly, just because we all want low tax in good public services, that does not need properly funding policies can be an lord. because it cannot. we have seen the damage at that does. i will not let that happen again it i will not let the economic recklessness hold back the working people of this country.

[applause] let me tell you something else i won't let it happen. i will never let a minority terrorize our community. [applause] thank you. thank you. just look, i have always accept that the other about immigration are legitimate. it is the policy of this government to reduce migration

and our economic dependency. some sectors importing labor when there are millions of young people ambitions of highly talented who are desperate to work and contribute. there are plenty of examples of apprenticeship starts at the very same time that these are applications for the same skills going up. at the same time, we also get our skill system locked. we have to give businesses more flexibility to adapt to real training needs. the pride and ambition, the batch on the shirt when building a future not just for themselves , but for their community. we will introduce new foundation of apprenticeship spirit the training system back to young people.

aligning that with what businesses really need. the first step guarantee that will eradicate connectivity and unemployment for young people once and for all. [applause] conference, whatever anyone thinks about immigration, i will never accept the argument. not just by the usual suspects but by people who should have known better. millions of people can turned about immigration are one and the same thing as a people that smashed businesses, targeted bosses, attempted to burn refugees. nazi salutes.

attacking hs nurses. telling people, people who contribute here, people that grew up here that they should go home. no. no conference. they understand that this country, this democratic country is built on the rule of law.

we debate our differences. violent thuggery and racism is filed. [applause] so, to those who equivocate about this, i simply state the country sees you and it rejects you. and to those that say the only way to love your country is to hate your neighbor is because they look different, i say, not only do we reject deal, we know that we will never win because

the british values we stand for, not just the rule of law, but a love for this country and our neighbors, under the same flag that is stronger than bricks and you know it, our reasonable tolerant country, it is absolutely here we are. [applause] the debate is not about the worth of migrants. we must move beyond it.

that is what people have voted for time and time again. they were not just a word. they gave him the exact opposite the end immigration system deliberately performed to reduce control. in the end the public control. don't get me wrong. competition is of vital life force in our economy. this is a labour party proud to see that. we work hand-in-hand with business. but markets don't give you control. that is almost your point. if you want a country with more control, expecting your community to be better manage weather that is migration, climate change or security of work, then that does mean more

decisive government. taking back control is a labor argument. [applause] it is why say this to people. it is a question of balance. we cannot afford anymore. we cannot afford covert contracts. we have to become serious. putting respected service deep in our restitution spirit investment or perform. it has always been both. but, again, i have to warn you. doing more decisive government. they do want us to rebuild our

public services geared they do want that to lead to more control in their lives. but their pockets are not the. not at all. so we have to be a great reform in government. patients have more control over their health. they have more control over it. police and justice reform so communities have more control. more education reform. so children have more control of their future. and our economy reform with the unique force that is economic growth. giving every community the breathing space, the calm, the control, the focus on the little things that they love in my he had the anxiety, the insecurity that we have now. because we do need joy.

one place that has always done that for me, conference, i told you about it last year. it is the lake district. not just because of what it meant to her. her determination to show that she could walk in a place like that. but because of the beauty. i took it to the old cottage that i used to stay. we stood outside the and must've looked a little odd. the couple that lived there now -- we told them why we were there, they said come inside. go upstairs. take a walk down memory lane. the woman stopped. suddenly.

someone is making your car. [laughter] i said, no, no, no. i said that it's a police moving my car. [laughter] that really confused her. he is the leader of opposition. she stopped, smiled, laughed and said, politely, if i'd known you were a politician i would've pushed you down the stairs when i had the chance. the beauty of the late district in the heart of the british people. in a nutshell. but, seriously, when you're walking around, seeing it every bit as a was 14 years ago.

it is a reminder and an inspiration that yes, things change. some things need to change. but some things do not. the joy of our nation. small business owners, teachers, the people who came out and cleaned the streets. rebuild the broken walls and self work. the backbone of this country. they are just as resilient. we will turn our call her up and face the storm. we will rise above the challenges we have inherited. this is a country with fairness in the water. believes in justice. the working people to be respected. [applause]

and, also, opportunities to be there for your children because, conference, one of the other things that gave me great joy as a kid, as well as football, obviously, was the flute. you are not expecting that, where you. the flute gave me so many opportunities. my first ever trip abroad was to malta with the philharmonic orchestra. [applause] and i'm sure everyone here will know what will be drawn in by music. getting lost in something bigger than yourself. getting moved by a book. even now.

in those movement how to put it. the reviews are not so good. i haven't lined up for tomorrow. these early encounters with art and culture, they change us forever. we are brilliant in this country brilliant. but those opportunity do not go to every child, do they. my brother who had difficulties learning, he did not get those opportunities. every time i achieve something my dad used to say to me, your brother has achieved just as much as you. and he was right. i still believe that.

the individuals that go to the school of music. the prime minister. the working class view who do break through the class ceiling. i am guilty of that. it gives hope to people. it is important to tell those stories. but it is not everyone, is it. we must remember everyone. everyone deserves the chance. everyone deserves access to moments that led up their lives. studying the creative subjects. providing skills to prepare them for the future. the jobs they will inherit.

[applause] but more than that, every child, every person deserves to be respected for the contribution they make. my sister, my sister —-dash this guy got a pass from the 2019 conference. [laughter] they have been changing the party.

the conference, the point that i was making is this. every child, every person deserves to be respected for the contribution that they make. my sister was a care worker in the pandemic. she is still a care worker. surely by now we know it is so in her tent for the future of this country. it would be great so conference, it would be great if this was always and also a country. because of that contribution, she could walk into any room and

instantly combat the same as the prime minister. that is what i believe. [applause] what will people get to show for it? they will get a country with the future back. rebalance towards the interest of working people. confident in these values and story because to get there, we took action he had millions to feel better off. not just being told they are better off by politician. going to the supermarket without a calculator because the nation 's numbers now add up. more money in their pocket to do

the things they love. more faith in their public services because once again labor rebuild them. nhs facing the future. dignity at work. streets say. clean energy. new homes, new towns, new hospitals and new future for our children. that is what people look at. mark my words, we will deliver it. [applause] people said we could not change the party, but we did. people said we would not win across britain, but we did get people say we cannot deliver but we can and we will. we will stabilize our economy.

we will fix the foundation and deliver change of britain built to last. built with respect. built with pride. it belongs to you. thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you, conference. thank you.

thank you. [applause] on friday, or president in 2024 republican residential nominee donald trump speaks to voters at a town hall in michigan. that is live at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now our free mobile video app for online@c-span.