【正文】 ain to win theglobal raceyou have to lose, lower wages, worse terms and conditions, fewer rights atwork. ButBritain canamp。t win a race for the lowest wages against countries wherewages rates are pennies anhour and the more we try the worse things will getfor you. Britain canamp。t win a race for thefewest rights at work against thesweat shops of the world and the more we try the worse thingswill get for Britain canamp。t win a race for the lowest skilled jobs against countrieswherekids leave school at the age of 11. And the more we try the worse thingswill get for you. It is arace to the bottom. Britain cannot and should not winthat race.
　　You see it is not the lowachievements of these Tories that really gets me. That is badenough. It istheir low aspirations。rsquo。 it is high hopes forthem. And everyso often you know the mask slips doesnamp。t it. The other day aman they call Lord Howell, he was Ithink their advisor on fracking at onepointamp。 There is nothing funny about that. He said it waswrong to frack in someareas but it was ok in others, it was ok in the North East of Englandbecausehe said, and I quote amp。it was full of desolate and uninhabited areas.amp。 In onecasual asidedismissing one whole region of the country. Letamp。s tell theseTories about the North East ofEngland and every other part of Britain. Peoplego out to work. They love their kids. They bringup their families. They carefor their neighbours. They look out for each other. They are proud oftheirmunities. They are proud of their munities. They hope for the future. TheTories callthem inhabitants of desolate areas. We call them our friends, ourneighbours, the heroes of ourcountry. They are fed up of a government thatdoesnamp。t understand their lives and a PrimeMinister who cannot walk in theirshoes. We are Britain, we are better than this.
　　Now, to make Britain better wehave got to win a race to the top, not a race to the race to the topwhich means that other countries will buy our goods the panies will eandinvest here and that will create the wealth and jobs we need for the future butwe are notgoing to be able to do it easily. It is going to be tough and let mejust say this friends. You thinkopposition is tough, you should trygovernment. It is going to be tough。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。lsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。pound。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。pound。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。 itamp。s a bit like beingleader of the Labour Party really. Well itamp。s notexactly like being leader ofthe Labour Party. But look, for so many parents in this country thedemands ofthe daily school run, bined with their job are like their very own dailyassaultcourse and weamp。ve got to understand that. Because we canamp。t win the raceto the top withstressed out parents and family life under strain amp。 weamp。ve gotto change that.
　　In the last century, schoolsstayed open till midafternoon and that was okay back thenbecause one parentusually stayed at home. But itamp。s not okay now: thatamp。s why we want everyprimaryschool in Britain to have the breakfast clubs and after school care thatparents need andthatamp。s what the next Labour government will do.
　　To win the race to the top weamp。vealso got to deal with the issue of low pay. The NationalMinimum Wage, one ofthe last Labour governmentamp。s proudest achievements, friends. But wehave toface facts: there are millions of people in this country going out to work,ing home atnight, unable to afford to bring up their families. I just thinkthatamp。s wrong in one of the richestcountries in the world. The next Labourgovernment must write the next chapter in dealingwith the scourge of low payin this country. And to do that though, weamp。ve got to learn lessonsfrom the waythe minimum wage came in, because it was about business and workingpeople,business and unions working together in the right way so we set the minimumwage atthe right level and weamp。ve got to do the same again. The minimum wagehas been falling in valueand weamp。ve got to do something about it.
　　There are some sectors, and Idonamp。t often say anything nice about the banks but I willtoday, there are somesectors which actually can afford to pay higher wages, and some of themare aliving wage in some of the banks. So weamp。ve got to look at whether there aresome sectorswhere we can afford a higher minimum but weamp。ve got to do it on theright basis amp。 business andworking people working together. Thatamp。s what we willdo: the next Labour government willstrengthen the minimum wage to make workpay for millions in our country. Thatamp。s how we winthe race to the top.
　　And to win that race to the topweamp。ve got to call a halt to the race to the bottom, betweenworkers alreadyhere and workers ing here. Iamp。m the son of two immigrant parents. Iamp。mproudof the wele Britain gave me and my family, and weamp。ve always weled peoplewhowork, contribute and are part of our munity. Let me say this, if peoplewant a party thatwill cut itself off from the rest of the world, then let mesay squarely: Labour is not your if people want a party that willset the right rules for working people then Labour is yourparty, the only partythat will do it. Employers not paying the minimum wage and governmentturning ablind eye itamp。s a race to the bottom。ndash。rsquo。 not under mygovernment. Shady gangmasters exploiting people in industries fromconstructing to food processing itamp。s a race to thebottom。rsquo。 not under my government. And our country, sending out a message totheworld that if you need to engage in shady employment practices, thenBritain is open forbusinesses? Itamp。s a race to the bottom。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。ndash。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。lsquo。lsquo。rsquo。lsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。ndash。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。weamp。ve swept it under thecarpet for too long. Itamp。s a bit of a British thing isnamp。t it。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。ndash。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。ndash。rsquo。rsquo。rsquo。rsqu