 Mae ychydig yn fawr i chi i'r ymddangos i Birmingham. Mae'n ffantastig i ddim yn ymddangos i'r cyfnodau sy'n bwysig newydd yma. Mae'r bywyddoch yn y cyfnod o'r rhan o'r rhan o'r rhan o'r rhan o'r rhan o'r rhan o'r rhan o'r rhan o'r Birmingham. Mae ychydig, mae ychydig yn y cyfnod o'r rhan o'r maeau Torrey. Mae'n gweld yn ei fawr i'r cyfnod o'r rhan o'r cyfnod o'r cyfnod o'r rhan o'r rhan o'r dynamo. Mae'n gweithio i ddim yn y cyfnod o'r Birmingham. Mae'r tyfnod o'r maeau Ben Hauchyn yw hynny'n gweithio'r eich newydd o'r cyfnod o'r maeau Torrey. Mae'n gweithio i gydig yn ymddangos i ddim yn ddim yn y cyfnod o'r maeau Torrey. Mae'n gweithio i ddim yn Llyfr, i'u Llyfr, i'u Llyfr, i'u Llyfr, i'u Llyfr, i'u Llyfr aynig o'r Llyfr. Mae'n gweithio ar y blaen pores iawn o'r unig. Diolch yn ddiogelio. Yn ymgyrch yn ddeithas, yma'n gweithio am Ysgrifennol, y dyfodol, mae Ysgrifennol yn ymgyrch. Mae'n holl ymgyrch yma i Ysgrifennol a'r drwy'r cyfrifol. Mae'n holl o'r cyfrifol yng Nghymru, bydd ymgyrch a'r bydd ymgyrch yn ymgyrch yng Nghymru. Yn ymgyrch ymgyrch, mae'n gofynu. i'n dweud y broliaddenaeth, i'n mynd i'n mynd i'n security iechyd i enfyriad Caerdydd, i'n mynd i'n krerbyn y brifyrdd. I'm driven in this mission by my firm belief in the British people. I believe that you know best how to spend your own money to get on in life and to realise your ambitions. My friends, that is what conservatism is about. declared. It's a belief in freedom, in fair play and the great potential of the British people, so I'm not going to tell you what to do, or what to think, or how to live your life. I'm not interested in how many two-for-one offers you buy at the supermarket, or how you spend your spare time or in virtue signaling. I'm not interested in just talking about things but ers i'r gennym. y gallwn ei fyddechrau yn ei ddigonu i'r oden, mae'n felly roedd ar draws. Mae'n meddwl i'r rhan o gyd geisio o babarau? Dyna y taith cerddwaeth o'r s Marghefyr yn hollwn ni? Roedd yr oedden ni'n ddigonu i'r oeddaeth? Roeddwn ni'n ddigonu i ddigonu i ei fydd yn cael ei ddigonu i rhan o hollwn i'r hoeddi. Roeddwn ni'n mwy o'r hollwn. Roeddwn ni'n rhan o'r hollwn i'r hollwn ni'n ddigonu i'r hollwn ni. I've fought to get jobs, to get pay rises, and get on the housing ladder. I've juggled my career with raising two wonderful daughters. I know how it feels to have your potential dismissed by those who think they know better. I remember as a young girl being presented on a plane with a junior air hostess badge. Meanwhile, my brothers were given junior pilot badges. It wasn't the only time in my life that I've been treated differently for being female or for not fitting in. It made me angry and it made me determined. Determined to change things so other people didn't feel the same way. I remember growing up in Leeds, where I saw too many children being let down, let down by low expectations, let down by a Labour council who were more interested in political correctness than they were in school standards. But I was lucky to have been brought up in a family that cared about education. They taught me the value of hard work and enterprise. And I stand here today as the first Prime Minister of our country to have gone to a comprehensive school. That taught me two things. One is that we have huge talent across our country. And two, that we're not making enough of it. This is a great country. I'm so proud of who we are and what we stand for. But I know that we can do better and I know that we must do better. And that's why I entered politics. I want to live in a country where hard work is rewarded, where women can walk home safely at night and where our children have a better future. To deliver this, we need to get Britain moving. We cannot have any more drift and delay at this vital time. Let's remember where we were when I entered Downing Street. Average energy bills were predicted to soar above £6,000 a year. We faced the highest tax burden that our country had had for 70 years. And we were told that we could do nothing about it. I didn't accept that things had to be that way. I knew that in action would be unconscionable. Families would have been unable to heat their homes. Businesses would have gone bust. Jobs would have been lost. And we would have worse public services, including the NHS. I couldn't allow this to happen. I refused to consign our great country to decline. That's why I promised on entering Downing Street to act. On in my speech, my friends, I'm going to talk about the anti-growth coalition. But I think they arrived in the hall a bit too early. They were meant to come later on, so we'll head on to them in a few minutes. But what we did is we acted. We made sure that the typical household energy bill shouldn't be more than around £2,500 a year this winter and next. We followed up with a major action to support businesses over the winter. We're determined to shield people from astronomically high bills. So much so that we are doing more in this country to protect people from the energy crisis than any other country in Europe. Our response to the energy crisis was the biggest part of our mini-budget. It was the biggest part for a good reason, because we had to do it. But it's not the only challenge we face. For too long, our economy hasn't grown as strongly as it should have done. I know what it's like to live somewhere that isn't feeling the benefits of economic growth. I grew up in Paisley and in Leeds in the 80s and 90s. I've seen the boarded up shops. I've seen people left with no hope turning to drugs. I've seen families struggling to put food on the table. Low growth isn't just numbers on a spreadsheet. Low growth means lower wages, fewer opportunities and less money to spend on the things that make life better. It means our country falling behind other countries, including those who threaten our way of life. And it means the parts of our country that I really care about falling even further behind. That is why we must level up our country in a conservative way, ensuring everywhere everyone can get on. Conference, it's wrong to invest only in the places that are thriving. As economic models often have it, we need to fund the furthest behind first. And for too long, the political debate has been dominated by the argument about how we distribute a limited economic pie. Instead, we need to grow the pie so that everyone gets a bigger slice. That is why I'm determined to take a new approach and break us out of this high tax, low growth cycle. And that's what our plan is about. It's about getting the economy growing and rebuilding Britain through reform. The scale of this challenge is immense. War in Europe for the first time in a generation. A more uncertain world in the aftermath of Covid and a global economic crisis. That is why in Britain we need to do things differently. We need to step up. As the last few weeks have shown, it will be difficult. Whenever there's change, there is disruption. And not everybody will be in favour of change. But everyone will benefit from the result. A growing economy and a better future. That is what we have a clear plan to deliver. I have three priorities for our economy. Growth, growth and growth. Growth means more money in people's pockets. It means businesses creating new jobs. Growth means people can feel secure and they can plan for their future. Fundamentally, growth helps people fulfil their hopes and their dreams. And that's why our dynamic new Chancellor and I will be taking action in three areas. First of all, we will lower our tax burden. Over the summer, we had a robust debate. And the Conservative Party will always be the party of low taxes. Cutting taxes is the right thing to do morally and economically. Morally because the state doesn't spend its own money. It spends the people's money. Economically, because if people keep more of their own money, they're inspired to do more of what they do best. That's what grows the economy. When the government plays too big a role, people feel smaller. High taxes mean you feel it's less worthwhile working that extra hour, going for a better job or setting you up your own business. That's my friends is why we are cutting taxes. We already cut stamp duty, helping people on the housing ladder, especially first-time buyers. We're reversing the increase in national insurance from next month. And we're keeping corporation tax at 19%, the lowest in the G20. We're also helping 31 million working people by cutting the basic rate of income tax. We need to be internationally competitive with all our tax rates attracting the best talent. Cutting taxes helps us face the global economic crisis, putting up a sign that Britain is open for business. The fact is that the abolition of the 45p tax rate became a distraction from the major parts of our growth plan. That is why we're no longer proceeding with it. I get it and I have listened. Secondly, we will keep an iron grip on the nation's finances. I believe in fiscal responsibility. I believe in getting value for the taxpayer. I believe in sound money and a lean state. I remember my shock opening my first paycheck to see how much money the tax man had taken out. I know this feeling is replicated across the country. And that's why we must always be careful with taxpayers' money. It's why this government will always be ffiscally responsible. We are in extraordinary times. It would have been wrong not to have proceeded rapidly with our energy and tax plan. I am clear we cannot pave the way to sustainable economic growth without ffiscal responsibility. So we will bring down debt as a proportion of our national income. We are seeing rising interest rates worldwide in the wake of Putin's war and Covid. The Federal Reserve has been hiking rates in America and has signalled more rises to come. Inflation is high across the world's major economies. We will do what we can as a government to support homeowners such as cutting stamp duty. But it's right that interest rates are independently set by the Bank of England and that politicians do not decide on this. The Chancellor and the Governor will keep closely coordinating our monetary and fiscal policy. And the Chancellor and I are in complete lockstep on this. Thirdly, we will drive economic reforms to build our country for a new era. We're taking a new approach based on what's worked before. Previously we faced barriers to growth like militant unions, nationalised industries and outdated city regulation. Now we must break down the barriers to growth built up in our system over decades. Decisions take too long. Burdens on businesses are too high. Infrastructure projects get delayed for years and years and years. As a result we've seen economic growth choked off. Houses haven't been built where they are needed and wanted and we've become a verse as a nation to doing things differently. I love business, I love enterprise, I love people who take responsibility, start their own businesses and invest. They generate profits, they create new jobs and they power our success and I want to see more of that. That's why we will back business to the hilt. We're cutting taxes and we're simplifying red tape to help businesses realise their ambitions. And this is what our new investment zones will do, helping us level up across the country. We're going to be inspired by the great hubs of industry like Bournville here in the West Midlands and that's what zones in places like here and around the country will deliver. We want to create the zones in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Now is the time to harness the power of free enterprise to transform our country and ensure that our greatest days lie ahead. This is the United Kingdom at its best, working together and getting our economy growing and we will face down the separatists who threaten to pull our part, our precious union, our family. Next year we will host the Global Investment Summit. This will show the world's top investors there's nowhere better to invest than the UK and we're seizing the new found freedoms outside the European Union. We're the party who got Brexit done and we will realise on the promise of Brexit. We're building an economy which makes the most of the huge opportunities Brexit offers. By the end of the year all EU red tape will be consigned to history and we will ensure that regulation is pro-business and pro-growth. Leaving the EU gives us the chance to do things differently and we need more of that. That's why over the coming weeks my team of ministers will set out more about what we're going to do to get Britain moving. We'll make it easier to build homes, to afford childcare and to get superfast broadband. We'll help you set up your own business and get a mobile phone signal wherever you are in the country. We're in tough times but I want you to know that day in, day out, I'm thinking about how we get this country moving. I'm working flat out to make sure people can get through this crisis so let me be clear we have your back. That is why the government took decisive action to tackle the energy crisis. It's why we're pushing ahead with our plan for growth. Economic growth makes life better and easier for everyone and it will level up our country. I know this is what people want to see. Economic growth will mean that we can afford great public services such as schools, the police and the NHS. Our fantastic deputy prime minister and health secretary will deliver for patients so they can expect a GP appointment within two weeks. We'll ensure that those who need urgent care will be seen on the same day. She will get ambulances out there faster and she will improve A&E. She will bust the Covid backlog. She will bolster social care so everyone gets the care they need. We are working to put this country on the path to long-term success. That means ensuring we are safe and secure. One of the reasons we're facing this global crisis is because collectively the West did not do enough. We became complacent. We didn't spend enough on defence. We became too dependent on authoritarian regimes for cheap goods and cheap energy and we did not stand up to Russia early enough. We will make sure this never happens again so we are taking decisive action to reinforce our energy security. We're opening more gas fields in the North Sea and delivering more renewables and nuclear energy. This is how we will protect the Great British Environment, deliver on our commitment to net zero and tackle climate change. We're also taking decisive action by strengthening our borders and beefing up our border force and expanding the Rwanda scheme. Our brilliant new home secretary will be bringing forward legislation to make sure that no European judge can overrule us. While she is acting, meanwhile the Labour Party has absolutely no plan to tackle illegal immigration. But my friends, we cannot have security at home without security abroad. That's why our tough foreign and defence secretaries are updating the integrated review to make sure we can face down these threats. It's why we're increasing defence spending to 3% of GDP by the end of the decade. This will ensure that our armed forces are ready to tackle new and emerging threats. We're working with our friends and allies to support Ukraine in the face of Putin's brutal war. The brave Ukrainian people, the brave Ukrainian people aren't just fighting for their security but for all our security. This is a fight for freedom and democracy around the world. Putin's illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory is just the latest act in his campaign to subvert democracy and violate international law. We should not give in to those who want a deal which trades away Ukrainian land. They are proposing to pay in Ukrainian lives for the illusion of peace. We will stand with our Ukrainian friends however long it takes. Ukraine can win, Ukraine must win and Ukraine will win. The presidents Ledski and the people of Ukraine will welcome our solidarity with them at this very, very difficult time. To take on Russia and other authoritarian regimes, free democracies need strong economies. Economic growth makes us strong at home and strong abroad and we need an economically sound and secure United Kingdom and that will mean challenging those who try to stop growth. I will not allow the anti-growth coalition to hold us back. Labour, the Lib Dems, the SMP, the militant unions, the vested interests dressed up as think tanks, the talking heads, the brexit deniers, extinction rebellion and some of the people we had in the hall earlier. They prefer protesting to doing. They prefer talking on Twitter to taking tough decisions. They taxi from north London townhouses to the BBC studio to dismiss anyone challenging the status quo. Podcast to podcast, they peddle the same old answers. It's always more taxes, more regulation and more meddling. Wrong, wrong, wrong. See the anti-growth coalition at work across our country. Kirstammer wants to put extra taxes on the companies we need to invest in our energy security and his sticking plaster solution will only last six months. He has no long-term plan and no vision for Britain. Wakeford in Wales is cancelling road building projects and refusing to build the M4 relief road. Nicola Sturgeon won't build new nuclear power stations to solve the energy crisis in Scotland. Have these people ever seen a tax rise they don't like? Or an industry they don't want to control? They don't understand the British people. They don't understand aspiration. They are prepared to leave our towns and cities facing decline. My friends, does the anti-growth coalition have any idea who pays their wages? People who make things in factories across our country. It's the people who get up at the crack of dawn to go to work. It's the commuters who get trains into towns and cities across our country. I'm thinking of the white van drivers, the hairdressers, the plumbers, the accountants, the IT workers and millions of others up and down the UK. The anti-growth coalition just doesn't get it. It's because they don't face the same challenges as normal working people. These enemies of enterprise don't know the frustration you feel to see your road blocked by protesters or your trains off due to a strike. In fact, their friends on the hard left tend to be the ones behind the disruption. The anti-growth coalition think that people who stick themselves to trains, roads and buildings are heroes. I say the real heroes are the people who go out to work, take responsibility and aspire to a better life for themselves and their families. And I am on their side. Build roads, rail, energy and broadband quicker. We will be proudly pro-growth, pro-aspiration and pro-enterprise. That is how we will forge ahead on our long-term path to national success. In this new era, we're taking a new approach. My friends were focused on boosting growth and opportunity across our country. This mission will be difficult, but it is necessary. We have no alternative if we want to get our economy moving again. I'm ready to make the hard choices. You can trust me to do what it takes. The status quo is not an option. That is why we can't give in to the voices of decline. We can't give in to those who say Britain can't go faster. We can't give in to those who say we can't do better. We must stay the course. We are the only party with a clear plan to get Britain moving. We are the only party with the determination to deliver. Together, we can unleash the full potential of our great country. That is how we will build a new Britain for a new era.