RUSHES: Conservative Party conference: Kwasi Kwarteng speech

Conservative Party conference: Kwasi Kwarteng speech; ENGLAND: Birmingham: INT Kwasi Kwarteng MP (Chancellor of the Exchequer) onto stage / speech SOT (Part 1 of 5) - Thank you, conference. What a day! It has been tough, but we need to focus on the job in hand. We need to move forward. No more distractions. We have a plan, and we need to get on and deliver it. That’s what the public expect from their government. But first conference, welcome back to Birmingham. This is a remarkable city. It has a history of great brilliance Joseph Chamberlain in the nineteenth century was an extraordinary civic leader who led Birmingham and the world through the industrial revolution. And today Andy Street is following in that great tradition. Grafts and grit turned this small town first into a thriving industrial market. Then into one of the centres of the industrial revolution… Which powered and grew not just the British economy, But provided the new technologies that changed the world forever. The Industrial Revolution was one of the most monumental transformations in human history. And it began here. With determination and application Those Britons built a thriving economy. They inspire me today. They remind us that in Britain, with the British people, absolutely anything is possible. Our Plan today focuses on the same, bold sentiment. The same inspiration To deal with the challenges of today by giving people the tools they need to thrive tomorrow. To get Britain moving. We have great ideas We have the same inspirational people And I know we have the same determination. Our Growth Plan set out ten days ago will ensure we focus relentlessly on economic growth. Because we must face up to the fact that for too long our economy has not grown enough. The path ahead of us was one of slow, managed decline. But I refuse to accept that it is somehow Britain’s destiny to fall back into middl...