Rachel Reeves keynote speech at Labour party conference - in full

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Rachel Reeves has said Labour is “not a party of protest” as her keynote conference speech was disrupted by hecklers.

In her first conference speech as Chancellor, Ms Reeves received applause and a standing ovation as she began.

But shortly afterwards a protester was hauled out while complaining about the Government’s arms sales to Israel.

The Chancellor shot back: “This is a changed Labour Party, a Labour Party that represents working people, not a party of protest.”

Campaign group Climate Resistance claimed responsibility for the protest.

Ms Reeves’ speech, a little over a month before her first Budget on October 30, was an attempt to strike a more optimistic tone about the UK’s economy after months of gloomy messages about the inheritance she was left by the Tories.

She said: “Because I know how much damage has been done in those 14 years, let me say one thing straight up: there will be no return to austerity. Conservative austerity was a destructive choice for our public services and for investment and growth too.

“Yes, we must deal with the Tory legacy and that means tough decisions but I won’t let that dim our ambition for Britain.

“So it will be a budget with real ambition, a budget to fix the foundations, a budget to deliver the change that we promised, a budget to rebuild Britain.”

In her speech, she announced that free breakfast clubs in England will start to be rolled out from April in hundreds of schools.

It was, she said, “an investment in our young people, an investment in reducing child poverty and investment in our economy”.

Continue reading at Manchester Evening News:
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Well done Reeves'y, time to start working together instead of being played against one another by the rich.

iditdetectioninprogress
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‘When you worker harder, you get the reward you deserve’, didn’t it say something like that in a place in Poland?

Plonkedme
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Strange how you sing your own praises so loudly, as if the echo will somehow drown out the inevitable silence that's about to follow.

terajuana
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How can someone talk for so long without actually saying anything?

phildavey
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am sure her two houses will be well heated this winter weither she is in them or not, while many pensioners will die after she takes their help with heating away from them.. Hope she sleeps well at night

ferretfriend
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crowd sounds like its in north korea forced into clapping a bit like when they were forced to vote for winter fuel to be taken away so they could give money to other countries

awgazzm
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Change begins... but not for the better!

DS-pzfj
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Amazing, how much more time can she spout on with out explaining anything, be interesting to see how Labour manage when it’s them who are on the receiving end, and having to sort out the country when there’s nothing in the coffers.

MickLawless-su
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The change certainly has begun from bad to worse

TrevorTaylor-jkng
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Stand there spewing, what about all the free gifts - absolute disgrace

bc
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She doesn't even know what a woman is

ianspalding
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I will watch this later. I'll be asleep in no time

marterlew
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She talks the talk but she can walk the walk. 😢

Alig-hfzl
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"Change is necessary." However, the kind of change we desire and require in our country, which has been affected by both Tory and Labour policies, will undoubtedly be different from what might occur.

bigbreadeaterellis
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Change has already begun darling . We are now in revelations the last book of the bible and anyone who knows their bible will agree and those that don't should read it or stay quiet if they haven't done their homework . This woman will not need a heating allowance where she is going unless she chooses to change her ways 😢 !?

PeterAudley-if
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She's loving it! The adoration! 😅😅

pennycridge
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Yawn! Right I'm voting Reform today - YouTube please take this garbage down

creativesarise
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labour is the party of economic responsibility - are you having a laugh

bigboy
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Free Gear Keir needs £100, 000 of free gifts to survive yet takes winter fuel allowance from poor pensioners. Disgusting.

redawsconford
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This LABOUR PARTY Fills Me Full Of HOPE ❤

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