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Speeches


You can watch, read and debate all of the major speeches from this year’s Labour Party Conference.

Through the Party’s YouTube channel, Labour:vision, you can watch the key speeches from the Conference floor and add your comments to the videos.

Alternatively, you can read the speeches in full and debate the main issues which emerged.


Gordon BrownTo read Gordon Brown's first Conference speech as Prime Minister and Labour Party leader, click here.

Harriet HarmanTo read Harriet Harman's speech as she closes Labour's annual conference 2007, click here

Jacqui SmithTo read Jacqui Smith's first conference speech as Home Secretary, click here

Jack StrawTo read Jack Straw's speech to Conference click here

Yvette CooperTo read Yvette Cooper's speech to Conference click here

Ruth KellyTo read Ruth Kelly's Conference speech click here


Hilary Benn 4To read Hilary Benn's Conference speech click here.

 


Ed BallsTo read Ed Balls' Conference speech, click here.


John Denham

John Denham, Labour’s Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, tells conference of Labour’s plans, to keep on changing lives by further widening access to higher and further education.

To read John Denham's speech, click here.


John Hutton

John Hutton, Labour’s Secretary of State for Business & Enterprise, addresses conference, setting out his vision of British companies leading the way in developing new technologies and seizing opportunities.

To read John Hutton's speech, click here.


Peter Hain

Peter Hain, Labour’s Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, speaks to conference about our duty to abolish child poverty, secure justice for pensioners and full employment, and provide opportunities not just for a few, but for every single person in Britain.

To read Peter Hain's speech, click here.


Douglas Alexander

Douglas Alexander, Labour’s International Development Secretary, speaks to conference about our next step on the long road to global justice; rising to the challenge of global poverty and fighting killer diseases like AIDs, TB, and Malaria.

To read Douglas Alexander's speech, click here.


Des Browne

Des Browne, Labour’s Defence Secretary, speaks to conference about our responsibility to the Armed Forces, acknowledging problems, and laying out how we can deliver on our promises.

To read Des Browne's speech, click here.


David Miliband

David Miliband, Labour’s Foreign Secretary, shares with conference the new challenges in foreign policy. He speaks of lessons learned, and how we can move on to help in places like Burma and Zimbabwe, and strengthen our international institutions to promote peace for a divided world.

To read David Miliband's first speech to conference as Foreign Secretary, click here.


Alan Johnson

Alan Johnson, Labour’s Health Secretary, speaks to conference about successes in the NHS over the last ten years, and lays out new policies to combat MRSA, improve access to GPs, and to make the NHS more clinically-led.

To read Alan Johnson's first Conference speech as Health Secretary, click here.


Shaun WoodwardTo read Shaun Woodward's speech, click here.


James PurnellTo read James Purnell's speech, click here.


Wendy AlexanderTo read Wendy Alexander's speech, click here.


Hazel BlearsTo read Hazel Blears' speech, click here.

 

 

 


Alistair Darling speakingAlistair Darling speaks to conference, laying out our task to prepare and equip our country and economy to meet current and future challenges, to be leaders in global change.

To read Alistair Darling's first Conference speech as Chancellor, click here.

Ed Miliband speakingEd Miliband addresses conference, introducing reforms to ensure the Labour Party is fit to change our country through dialogue and debate with members and local communities.

To read Ed Miliband's speech click here.

 

Rhodri MorganTo read Rhodri Morgan's Conference speech click here
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