英国执政的工党周日在安迪·伯纳姆的领导下召开了首届年会，他在首相处子秀中承诺将做出应对迫在眉睫挑战所需的艰难决定，这为会议增添了声势。
Britain’s ruling Labour Party on Sunday launched its first annual conference under Andy Burnham’s leadership, buoyed by his debut as prime minister as he pledged to take the tough decisions needed to tackle looming challenges.
自7月议员们结束基尔·斯塔默两年首相任期并将他推上唐宁街以来，这位曼彻斯特前市长为这个中左翼政党注入了新的活力。
The former mayor of Manchester has injected new life into the centre-left party since MPs propelled him into Downing Street in July after ending Keir Starmer’s two-year premiership.
在英格兰西北部利物浦的会议现场接受采访时，伯纳姆承诺将在周二的演讲中表明，他不会回避采取强硬行动。
In an interview from the conference in northwestern Liverpool, Burnham pledged to show in his speech on Tuesday that he will not shy away from taking hard actions.
伯纳姆告诉英国广播公司（BBC），人们将“看到我准备好做出那类决定，因为我不会像前保守党政府那样拿经济冒险，那些风险至今仍在伤害我们”。
Burnham told the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) that people would “see that I am prepared to take those types of decisions because I won’t do what the previous Conservative government did and take risks with the economy that actually are still hurting us right now”.
伯纳姆较高的个人支持率，加上竞争对手、强硬右翼政党“改革英国”面临的困境，帮助工党在一些民意调查中领先进入会议。这与2026年初的情况形成了急剧反转。
Burnham’s higher personal approval ratings, coupled with difficulties facing rival hard-right Reform UK, have helped Labour enter the conference ahead in some opinion polls.
随着会议拉开帷幕，警方在会场外逮捕了数名示威者，他们正在举行抗议活动，支持被禁组织“巴勒斯坦行动”。
That is a sharp turnaround from the start of 2026. As the conference got under way, police arrested a number of demonstrators outside during a protest in support of banned group Palestine Action.
首相也在持续获知英格兰西南部一起事件的最新情况，事发地点靠近一个由美军空军使用的空军基地。
The prime minister was also being kept informed about an incident in southwestern England near an airbase used by the US Air Force.
警方称，陆军排爆小组已赶赴现场，数名男子因涉嫌爆炸物犯罪被捕。
An army bomb disposal team was on the scene and several men had been arrested on suspicion of explosives offences, police said.
去年的工党年会笼罩在“斯塔默大限将至”的传言中，而2024年的年会则是在该党赢得当年大选后不久，因几项政府政策决定受到批评的背景下召开的。
Last year’s Labour conference was overshadowed by talk that Starmer’s days were numbered, while the 2024 edition followed criticism of several government policy decisions made soon after the party won that year’s election.
自7月20日成为首相以来，伯纳姆在离开议会九年后仅几周重返议会，他一直寻求让选民从因中东和乌克兰战争而加剧的生活成本压力中获得一些“喘息空间”。
Since becoming prime minister on July 20, just weeks after returning to parliament following a nine-year absence, Burnham has sought to give voters some “breathing space” from cost-of-living pressures exacerbated by the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.
他削减了电费，限制了公交票价，并为酒吧、俱乐部以及现场音乐演出场所降低了营业税。这些措施，加上伯纳姆在社交媒体上的积极活跃表现，有助于提升他的公众形象。
He has cut electricity bills, capped bus fares and reduced business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues. Those measures, together with Burnham’s active social-media presence, have helped strengthen his public image.
作为推动经济增长（尤其是通过向城市和地区下放更多权力）计划的一部分，伯纳姆还在曼彻斯特设立了“No. 10 North”办公室。调查显示，近一半的英国人对他持正面看法。
Burnham has also set up a “No. 10 North” office in Manchester as part of his plans to spur GDP by devolving more powers to cities and regions. Surveys suggest that almost half of Britons view him favourably.
然而，到目前为止，他几乎没有详细说明自己将如何兑现以下承诺：解决无家可归者的露宿问题、改革日益膨胀的福利开支、建立新的社会护理服务体系、实现国家的重新工业化以及增加国防开支。让我们先关注当前的实际状况，避免陷入对未来前景的悲观预期。
But he has so far said little about how he plans to fulfil pledges to end rough sleeping by homeless people, reform a ballooning welfare bill, fund a new social care service, reindustrialise the country and raise defence spending.
安迪·伯纳姆是英国的现任首相。前部长托尼·麦克纳尔蒂曾在2000年代初的工党政府中与伯纳姆共事。他告诉法新社，首相必须在周二的演讲中开始详细阐述他所承诺的“英国十年发展计划”：“虽然该计划的大部分内容可能还只是初步构想，但他必须立即着手将其具体化。这不能仅仅停留在社交媒体上的表面宣传或积极的言辞上。”
Let’s focus on where we are and let’s not get into a position where we’ve just got a narrative of doom about all of thisAndy Burnham, Britain’s prime minister Former minister Tony McNulty served alongside Burnham in Labour governments of the early 2000s. He told Agence France-Presse the prime minister had to start fleshing out a promised “10-year plan for Britain” during his keynote speech at the conference on Tuesday. “Much of it might still be broad brushstrokes but he needs to start the process of putting meat on the bone. “It needs to go beyond the TikTok and good vibes stuff,” he said. Labour MP Alex Sobel told Agence France-Presse he wanted to hear “what we’ll do to support” young people in terms of opportunities.
根据统计数据，约有98.1万名16至24岁的年轻人既没有工作，也没有接受培训或教育。
Some 981,000 people aged 16 to 24 are not in employment, training or education, statistics show.
由于工党在竞选时承诺不提高所得税、国民保险费或增值税，伯纳姆在财政上的灵活性受到限制。因此，财政部长约翰·希利在10月28日提交的预算案将面临巨大挑战。
Burnham has limited financial flexibility because of Labour’s election-winning manifesto commitments to not raise income tax, national insurance contributions or value-added tax. It makes finance minister John Healey’s first budget on October 28 a difficult one.
伯纳姆表示，他将在演讲中进一步阐述自己希望带领国家前进的方向。他还表示，自己“非常清楚全球经济目前所处的动荡状态”。
Burnham has said he will use his speech to “say further about the direction I want to take the country”. He said he was “very conscious” of the “febrile state of the global economy”.
但他认为，在中东战争爆发前，英国经济的“基本面”一直在“朝正确方向迈进”。
But the “fundamentals” of the British economy had been “moving in the right direction”, until the Middle East war broke out, he argued.
YouGov周四发布的民调显示，工党支持率为24%，改革党为22%，与去年相比出现了大幅逆转。当时，奈杰尔·法拉奇领导的反移民政党曾取得两位数百分点的领先优势。
A YouGov poll published on Thursday put support for Labour at 24 per cent and Reform on 22 per cent, a dramatic turnaround from last year when Nigel Farage’s anti-immigrant group enjoyed double-digit leads.
调查显示，如果明天举行选举，工党将失去议会多数席位，但可能仍能牵头组建进步派联盟。
If an election were held tomorrow, Labour would lose its majority but would probably be able to lead a progressive coalition, the survey suggested.
政治学家蒂姆·贝尔说：“鉴于政府面临非常棘手的财政状况，人们对于……［工党的］反弹态势能持续多久，仍怀有一种深层焦虑。”法新社
“There’s still an underlying anxiety about how long … [Labour’s] bounce will last given the very tricky fiscal situation the government is in,” political scientist Tim Bale said. By Agence France-Presse