00:00We're going to set out our approach to extremism in due course but we do reject the findings of
00:05this report which suggests somehow that we should downgrade our approach to Islamic extremism. We
00:11don't agree with that. Islamic extremism and far-right ideology are the two biggest threats
00:18in terms of extremism and it's something that we as a government and the security forces and others
00:24are prioritising. It is a tricky issue as you've outlined because of the horrific murders that we
00:29saw in the summer in Southport but that's why it's right that the government takes the time
00:34necessary to set out a comprehensive approach to extremism. We've been in government for seven
00:40months and we have never suggested that we were able to turn around the economic mess that we
00:46inherited in such a short time period. The budget laid the foundations, it put the public finances
00:53on a firmer footing but now we are absolutely intent on bringing down the barriers to growth
00:59which is why at the weekend the Chancellor was talking about ensuring that planning reform goes
01:04ahead at pace, that the answer is not always no and that it shouldn't take years to get infrastructure
01:10plans through and this morning we're also announcing plans to enable pension schemes,
01:16defined benefit pension schemes, to have more flexibility so that that can unlock billions of
01:22pounds worth of investment into companies, into productivity. So we're very excited about driving
01:28economic growth, we're very positive about the economic fundamentals of our country, the talent
01:34that we've got, the wealth creators, the entrepreneurs and that's what we're doing, getting on with the
01:39job as part of our plan for change to drive economic growth across the country and why is that
01:43important? It's important because we want to put money in people's pockets and we want to raise
01:47people's living standards. Inflation is down, real wages are increasing at a fastest rate for
01:54three years. PWC said only last week that global chief executives had found that the UK is the
02:00second most attractive country in the world to invest and we've had the International Monetary
02:06Fund upgrade our growth forecast. So we think the economic fundamentals are strong, we are very
02:12positive about the future and we hope that investors, pension funds, businesses get on and invest in the
02:19UK economy because there's great potential that we've got to realise here. What we saw in the
02:24summer was terrible riots which took up police time, a lot of resources, created fear in communities,
02:33I had that in my own constituency. I don't think and I respectfully disagree with the
02:39Children's Commissioner that if people took part in those riots that somehow their
02:44criminal record should be wiped. I don't agree with that. The Prime Minister was very clear at the
02:48time of the riots that if people engage in these riots they will face the full force of the law
02:54and that remains our position.
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