All the key moments from Rachel Reeves first speech as Chancellor to Labour conference

In her archetypal large code arsenic Chancellor to Labour league that was concisely interrupted by hecklers, Rachel Reeves attempted to onslaught a much optimistic code aft caller gloomy warnings

Rachel Reeves delivered her archetypal large code arsenic Chancellor to the Labour league contiguous promising nary instrumentality to the years of austerity.

In an code that was concisely interrupted by hecklers the Chancellor attempted to onslaught a much optimistic code aft caller gloomy warnings implicit the economy. Just past period Keir Starmer braced the nationalist for a "painful" Budget successful October arsenic much unpopular decisions to plug a £22billion achromatic spread near the Tories,

The Chancellor, who received a lasting ovation from enactment members arsenic she took the stage, defended the arguable determination to chopped wintertime substance payments for pensioners. But arsenic she promised to rebuild the state aft 14 wasted years, Ms Reeves added: "I tin spot the prize connected offer, if we marque the close choices now. Stability is the important instauration connected which each our ambitions volition beryllium built."

Here The Mirror looks astatine the cardinal moments from the Chancellor's keynote speech.

No 'return to years of austerity' promise

In small implicit a period earlier her archetypal Budget, the Chancellor attempted to onslaught a much optimistic code aft months of gloomy messages astir the inheritance near by the Tories. She promised determination would beryllium nary "return to austerity" and vowed to "rebuild Britain" aft 14 years of Conservative rule.

She said: "Because I cognize however overmuch harm has been done successful those 14 years, fto maine accidental 1 happening consecutive up: determination volition beryllium nary instrumentality to austerity. Conservative austerity was a destructive prime for our nationalist services and for concern and maturation too.

"Yes, we indispensable woody with the Tory bequest and that means pugnacious decisions but I won't fto that dim our ambition for Britain. So it volition beryllium a fund with existent ambition, a fund to hole the foundations, a fund to present the alteration that we promised, a fund to rebuild Britain."

Speech interrupted by hecklers - halt 'selling arms to Israel'

The Chancellor's keynote code was concisely interrupted by hecklers shouting halt "selling arms to Israel " - earlier being hauled retired of the league arena by information guards.

Keeping her composure, she replied that the Labour Party is "not a enactment of protest". She added: "This is simply a changed Labour Party, a Labour Party that represents moving people". The Climate Resistance radical claimed work for the disruption to the Chancellor's code - successful protestation astatine arms income to Israel and polluting industries. The radical said a banner was unfurled reading: “Still backing polluters, inactive arming Israel - we voted for change”.

Sam Simons - a spokesperson for the radical - said: “Labour promised america alteration - alternatively we’re getting much of the same. The aforesaid pandering to the fossil substance industry; the aforesaid arms licences that are fuelling a genocide successful Gaza, and the aforesaid austerity that sees the poorest deed hardest."

The Mirror aboriginal recovered the protesters arsenic they were being escorted retired of the tract by police, but the men remained soundless arsenic they were led away. Police declined to accidental connected what grounds they were being held.

Free schoolhouse meal clubs to beryllium rolled retired adjacent year

The Chancellor said the authorities volition statesman delivering connected its manifesto committedness to rotation retired escaped meal clubs successful each schools successful England adjacent year.

She announced the program to tackle kid hunger volition footwear disconnected successful 750 superior schools successful April 2025. The £7million aviator volition beryllium followed with a nationalist rotation retired successful September. The archetypal schools volition beryllium picked by the Department for Education successful the coming months. The program was antecedently estimated to outgo a full of £365million per twelvemonth and volition beryllium funded by ending the loopholes successful the non-dom taxation presumption for the ace wealthy.

Ms Reeves said the strategy was "an concern successful our young people, an concern successful reducing kid poorness and concern successful our economy". Her spokesperson aboriginal said: "The thought being that the summertime word is the aviator earlier the afloat rollout arsenic soon arsenic possible, which we anticipation to beryllium the opening of the caller schoolhouse twelvemonth successful September."

Covid Corruption Commissioner to beryllium appointed

The Chancellor besides told league Labour volition soon name a Covid Corruption Commissioner to people "rip-off artists and fraudsters".

The program was archetypal announced astatine the Labour league successful 2023 erstwhile the enactment was inactive successful absorption - with the purpose of clawing backmost millions of pounds from flawed contracts. It was announced connected Monday that she volition bid investigations into much than £600million worthy of Covid contracts awarded by the Tory government.

Ms Reeves - who received a monolithic applause - said: "It could not beryllium much urgent. And I person enactment a artifact connected immoderate declaration being abandoned oregon waived until it has been independently assessed by that Commissioner."

"I won't crook a unsighted oculus to those who utilized a nationalist exigency to enactment their ain pockets. I won’t fto them get distant with it. That wealth belongs successful our police, it belongs successful our wellness service, and it belongs successful our schools. And Conference, we privation that wealth back."

Winter substance outgo chopped defended

During her code Ms Reeves besides defended the arguable determination to chopped the £300 wintertime substance outgo for millions of pensioners amid an aggravated backlash.

Facing a ballot aboriginal successful the week implicit the chopped astatine the Labour conference, she admitted: "I cognize that not everyone – successful this hall, oregon successful the state – volition hold with each determination I make." But she added: "I volition not duck those decisions. Not for governmental expediency. Not for idiosyncratic advantage.

"Faced with that £22 cardinal achromatic spread that the Conservatives near this twelvemonth and with the triple fastener ensuring that the authorities pension volition emergence by an estimated £1,700 implicit the people of this Parliament, I judged it the close determination successful the circumstances we inherited. I did not instrumentality those decisions lightly. I volition ne'er instrumentality the responsibilities of this bureau lightly."