‘Anti-growth coalition’? PM certainly brought culture war energy to her short address to party faithful
Liz Truss’s first – and perhaps, she might secretly fear, only – leader’s speech to the Conservative conference was short on new ideas or policies. But there was, nonetheless, a lot of content to pick over. Here are five key elements:
I have three priorities for our economy: growth, growth and growth.
Over the coming weeks, my team of ministers will set out more about what we are going to do to get Britain moving. We will make it easier to build homes, to afford childcare and to get superfast broadband.
I will not allow the anti-growth coalition to hold us back.
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 are no longer proceeding with it. I get it, and I have listened.
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, how you spend your spare time, or in virtue signalling.
