How I’d deliver a clean start for the UK

Good morning and welcome. 

Families in the United Kingdom face a moment of crisis. It is becoming harder for people to simply get by. For so many of them, there is more month than there is pay. We face danger abroad, division in our politics, an economy saddled with debt, and a creeping sense of despair about our collective future.

This is a defining moment for us. It is a defining moment for our country. It is a defining moment for our party, and it is going to test the values for which we stand. I am going to talk about economic policy today: but for me — for Conservatives — leading on the economy is not only a question of policy.

It is a question of values — it is a question of mission — a question of our task and purpose. We have been charged with the mission of advancing the interests of the British economy and the British people.