【正文】 ynamism is sogreat that most of the new jobs that will be being done willbe by paniesthat donamp。rsquo。t yet exist. Now that changes the priorities for government. Whenthisgovernment came to office, since they came to office they cut taxes for largebusiness by amp。pound。6bn but raised taxes on small businesses. Now I donamp。rsquo。t think thatis the right priority. Yes weneed a petitive tax regime for largebusinesses but frankly theyamp。rsquo。ve shortchanged smallbusiness and Iamp。rsquo。m going toput it right. If Labour wins power in 20xx we will use the money thatthisgovernment would use to cut taxes for 80,000 large businesses to cut business ratesfor businesses across our country. That is the way we win the raceto the top. One NationLabour. The party of small business. Cutting smallbusiness rates when we e to office in20xx and freezing them the next yearbenefitting businesses by at least amp。pound。450 a year. That ishow we win the race forthe top friends, and to win that race to the top weamp。rsquo。ve also got tonurture thetalents of the next generation. The skills of people. There are so manybrilliantbusinesses in our country who provide amazing training for theworkforce, but look, we have gotto face facts, leading businesses say this tome too which is there arenamp。rsquo。t enough of them and wehave got to work to changethat so we will say if you want a major government contract youmust provideapprenticeships for the next generation. And weamp。rsquo。ll also say to panies doingtheright thing, training their workforce that they will have the power to calltime on freeriding bypetitors who refuse to do the same. Thatamp。rsquo。s how we winthe race to the top friends.
　　Itamp。rsquo。s not just business that hasto accept responsibility though, itamp。rsquo。s young people. We have atragedy in thiscountry. Hundreds of thousands of young people who leave school and end uponthe dole. Weamp。rsquo。ve got this word for it havenamp。rsquo。t we? NEET: Not in educationemployment ortraining. Behind that short word is a tragedy of hundreds ofthousands of wasted lives. If theschool system fails our young people theyshouldnamp。rsquo。t be ending up on benefits. They should beending up in education ortraining so they can get back on the road to a proper career. Thatrequiresthem to accept responsibility but it requires government too to acceptourresponsibilities for the next generation in Britain, and thatamp。rsquo。s what weamp。rsquo。ll do.
　　But to win the race to the top weamp。rsquo。vealso got to take advantage of the talents of Britainamp。rsquo。s 12million and I had one of the great privileges in any parentamp。rsquo。s life this year,whichwas taking our son Daniel to his first day at school. He was nervous atfirst, but actually prettysoon he started having fun。 itamp。rsquo。s a bit like beingleader of the Labour Party really. Well itamp。rsquo。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。rsquo。ve got to understand that. Because we canamp。rsquo。t win the raceto the top withstressed out parents and family life under strain amp。ndash。 weamp。rsquo。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。rsquo。s not okay now: thatamp。rsquo。s why we want everyprimaryschool in Britain to have the breakfast clubs and after school care thatparents need andthatamp。rsquo。s what the next Labour government will do.
　　To win the race to the top weamp。rsquo。vealso got to deal with the issue of low pay. The NationalMinimum Wage, one ofthe last Labour governmentamp。rsquo。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。rsquo。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。rsquo。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。rsquo。ve got to do the same again. The minimum wagehas been falling in valueand weamp。rsquo。ve got to do something about it.
　　There are some sectors, and Idonamp。rsquo。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。rsquo。ve got to look at whether there aresome sectorswhere we can afford a higher minimum but weamp。rsquo。ve got to do it on theright basis amp。ndash。 business andworking people working together. Thatamp。rsquo。s what we willdo: the next Labour government willstrengthen the minimum wage to make workpay for millions in our country. Thatamp。rsquo。s how we winthe race to the top.
　　And to win that race to the topweamp。rsquo。ve got to call a halt to the race to the bottom, betweenworkers alreadyhere and workers ing here. Iamp。rsquo。m the son of two immigrant parents. Iamp。rsquo。mproudof the wele Britain gave me and my family, and weamp。rsquo。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。rsquo。s a race to the bottom。 not under my government. Recruitmentagencieshiring only from overseas amp。ndash。 itamp。rsquo。s a race to the bottom。 not under mygovernment. Shady gangmasters exploiting people in industries fromconstructing to food processing itamp。rsquo。s a race to thebottom。 not under mygovernmen