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Tories 'to get Britain working' | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
David Cameron has said a "big, bold" welfare shake-up will be at the heart of the Tory conference in Manchester aimed at "getting Britain working". | |
Mr Cameron told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show the New Deal and other schemes would be replaced with personalised help for those out of work. | |
This would include the 2.6m people who are on incapacity benefit, he said. | |
Mr Cameron declined to say if he would hold a referendum on the Lisbon treaty if it was ratified before the election. | |
But he welcomed the prospect of a series of TV debates starting now and running up to the election, which is expected to take place in May next year. | |
Czechs and Poles | |
Mr Cameron said the theme for the conference was "to get Britain working again" and said tackling the debt and jobs crisis facing Britain were the key priorities. | |
He said that as well as Monday's unveiling of a welfare shake-up which will cost an initial £600m, the party would also spell out in some detail plans to cut spending. | |
Mr Cameron was also pressed repeatedly about his stance on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty after the Irish referendum vote in favour of it. | |
He said his policy had not changed - there would be a referendum on the treaty in the UK should his party win the election before it has been ratified by all EU member states. | |
Mr Cameron said that he would not say what would happen if the treaty was ratified by all the EU member states before he became prime minister. | |
Pressed on the issue Mr Cameron said he did not want to prejudice what was happening in other countries - the Czechs and Poles have yet to ratify it - by saying what action the UK might take if it was delayed until next year. | |
Private firms | |
In Sunday newspaper articles, Mr Cameron has stressed his party's domestic agenda. | In Sunday newspaper articles, Mr Cameron has stressed his party's domestic agenda. |
Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Cameron said the party would not be "playing it safe" at what will be the last conference before the election. | Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Cameron said the party would not be "playing it safe" at what will be the last conference before the election. |
David Cameron: "The deficit is a clear and present danger to the British economy" | |
He said a Cameron government would scrap the New Deal and "through tax reform and deregulation" help employers take on new staff and encourage the creation of businesses. | He said a Cameron government would scrap the New Deal and "through tax reform and deregulation" help employers take on new staff and encourage the creation of businesses. |
Under the Get Britain Working scheme, Mr Cameron said he would give the long-term unemployed "the personalised support they need to get back to work". | Under the Get Britain Working scheme, Mr Cameron said he would give the long-term unemployed "the personalised support they need to get back to work". |
Most people who have been unemployed for more than six months, including the disabled and single mothers, would have their benefits cut if they refused to join privatised training schemes. | |
The idea is for private training firms to be employed to prepare the unemployed for work. | |
Medical checks | Medical checks |
Under the government's Flexible New Deal programme, claimants on Jobseekers allowance for more than 12 months are obliged to join a training scheme or risk losing their benefits. | Under the government's Flexible New Deal programme, claimants on Jobseekers allowance for more than 12 months are obliged to join a training scheme or risk losing their benefits. |
Conservative sources said one of the aims of Get Britain Working was to reduce the cost to the taxpayer of the 2.6 million people currently on incapacity benefit. | Conservative sources said one of the aims of Get Britain Working was to reduce the cost to the taxpayer of the 2.6 million people currently on incapacity benefit. |
The Sunday Times said the Tories would introduce rigorous medical checks to establish whether people claiming incapacity benefit are capable of working. | The Sunday Times said the Tories would introduce rigorous medical checks to establish whether people claiming incapacity benefit are capable of working. |
Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Cameron said: "Labour have tested to destruction the idea that big government can solve all our problems." | Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Cameron said: "Labour have tested to destruction the idea that big government can solve all our problems." |
He added: "It is big government that has stifled innovation and crushed enterprise - the very engines of growth and job creation." | He added: "It is big government that has stifled innovation and crushed enterprise - the very engines of growth and job creation." |