Chancellor's speech to the Conservative party conference in full

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Full text of the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne 's speech to delegates at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham.

  "Conference, I come with good news and bad news. The good news is that we are in government after 13 years of a disastrous Labour administration that brought our country to the brink of bankruptcy. The bad news? We are in government after 13 years of a disastrous Labour administration that brought our country to the brink of bankruptcy. And once again we are going to have to clear up the mess. In sixteen days time we will publish the conclusions of our country's spending review. There is a heavy responsibility - a responsibility I feel keenly - to get this right in th...

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