英国财政大臣约翰·希利在担任财政大臣后的首次工党大会演讲中,承诺开启“新工业化时代”,称自己是一名“自豪的乐观主义者”,并表示“相信英国”。希利宣布,劳斯莱斯将在其位于德比、布里斯托尔、格拉斯哥和罗瑟勒姆的英国工厂追加投资3亿英镑(约合3.98亿美元)。
UK’s Treasury chief John Healey promised a "new age of industrialization" in his first Labour conference speech as chancellor of the exchequer, saying he was a "proud optimist" who "believes in Britain." Healey announced that Rolls-Royce would invest an extra £300 million ($398 million) in its British factories in Derby, Bristol, Glasgow, and Rotherham.
他说:“这是新工业化时代,这是由本届政府点燃、由企业推动的对英国的新信心。”
"This is the new age of industrialization, this is the new confidence in Britain lit by this government, driven forward by business," he said.
他表示,政府将利用一切手段创造就业、推动英国工业化,包括将更多纳税人的资金投向英国企业、就业和创新。
He said the government would use everything it could to create jobs and industrialize Britain, including directing more taxpayers' money toward British businesses, jobs and innovation.
谈及未在接受教育、就业或培训的青年群体时,希利称政府负有“道德责任”,不能“放弃”任何人。
Turning to young people who are not in education, employment or training, Healey said the government has a "moral duty" to ensure it did not "write" anyone off.
他说:“我们能给年轻人提供的最好东西不是福利金——而是一份带有培训和薪水的第一份工作。”
"The best thing we can offer a young person is not a benefit payment -- it's a first job with training and a wage," he said.
‘90年代新工党拥有的资金现在根本不存在了’ 希利在演讲中大篇幅回顾了工党执政的记录,同时警告称,当前政府面临的经济形势与90年代新工党时期截然不同。他说:“90年代新工党拥有的资金现在根本不存在了。”
'Money New Labour had in the 90s is simply not there now' Healey also used much of his speech to highlight Labour's record in government while warning that the economic circumstances facing the government differed from those experienced by New Labour in the 1990s.
希利表示,全球经济冲击和贸易紧张局势正在波及英国,从加油站的油价到每月的房贷支出都能感受到。
"The money New Labour had in the 90s is simply not there now," he said.
他说:“这个时代要求我们展现更大的决心、更强的毅力和更多的希望,以建设一个更具韧性的国家。”
Healey said worldwide economic shocks and trade tensions were being felt in the UK, from prices at the pump to the cost of monthly mortgage payments.
希利还表示,他上任首日的首要职责是财政纪律,因为它“支撑着本届政府作出的每一项承诺”。“没有它,我们无法成功。”他补充道。
"These times demand of us a greater resolve, a greater determination and a greater hope, to build a more resilient country," he said.
他还批评了极右翼的“改革英国”(Reform UK)政党,称该党的主张与自己完全相反,并指出该党的所有计划背后都隐藏着不可靠的资助者以及不切实际的融资来源。
Healey also said his first duty on his first day as chancellor had been fiscal discipline because it "underpins every promise this government makes." "We can't succeed without it," he added.
希利(Healey)指出,“改革英国”的领导人奈杰尔·法拉奇(Nigel Farage)试图让人们认为他是一个“亲民的人”,但实际上在经济政策方面,他其实和莉兹·特拉斯(Liz Truss)没什么两样——只不过特拉斯还拥有比特币账户罢了。
He also criticized the far-right Reform UK party, saying it "offers the opposite" and describing the party as having "dodgy donors and fantasy funding behind every plan."
希利强调:“我今天提交的预算案的核心就是财政纪律的严格执行。”
Healey said Reform UK leader Nigel Farage "wants you to think he's a man of the people, but when it comes to the economy he's Liz Truss with a Bitcoin account." "Through the core of the Budget I deliver a month today will be fiscal discipline," Healey said.