Conference notes from 3rd October

Highlights from yesterday's conference sessions included 

Minimum service levels on important public services to stop trade union militancy holding the economy to ransom and get Britain moving.
  • Repeated strikes on our railways and across our public services have ground the economy to a halt and inflicted misery on millions of people – we need to take action now to stop this disruption. 
  • That is why we will rapidly introduce new legislation to implement minimum service levels on our vital public services – including on our transport network, our education system, and across our health services – to keep them running even when militant strike action takes place.
  • We make no apology for taking tough action to ensure people can continue to access the services they rely on, keeping our economy open and getting Britain moving. 
Plans to reinvest the £60 million of underspend from the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games into the West Midlands, boosting growth in the region and securing the legacy of the Games. 

  • Thanks to tight cost control and strong commercial performance, the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games was successfully delivered on time and under budget.
  • That is why, in partnership with Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street, we are maximising the legacy of the Games by redirecting £60 million of underspend to support growth projects in the area, including investing in new and existing programmes aimed at boosting grassroots sports. 
  • This will help to level up the West Midlands in a Conservative way, boosting growth in the region and increasing local opportunities. 

The UK’s first ever fusion energy plant, bolstering our homegrown energy supply and putting us at the forefront of this ground-breaking industry.

  • In the face of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and his chokehold on Europe’s energy supply, we must do more to bolster our homegrown energy supply.
  • That is why we are pressing on with our world-leading Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) programme approving West Burton power station in Nottinghamshire to build a prototype fusion power plant by 2040.
  • This will support a multi-billion-pound industry here in the UK, creating high-skilled jobs and bolstering our homegrown energy supply.
  • Obviously as a resident of Cumbria I am disappointed that this facility is going to Nottingham rather than to Cumbria, but I am pleased that it is being built somewhere and I hope to see other nuclear projects go ahead in West Cumbria.

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