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Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith says the Conservatives would call for lower taxes, cheaper energy, welfare reform and less red tape and stronger support for business. Report by Johals. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We have the plan to make our country prosperous again.
00:04What does that look like?
00:07Well, five things.
00:08Lower, simpler and fairer taxes.
00:11Cheaper energy.
00:13Getting people into work.
00:14Cutting red tape and backing business.
00:18We've heard from Claire Coutinho and Andrew Bowie
00:20their plans for cheaper energy.
00:23How we'll get Britain drilling again
00:25and make it easier to build new nuclear.
00:27And from Helen Whateley and Laura Trott
00:30their plans to get people off welfare and into work.
00:33So let me pick up the other elements.
00:36First, lower, simpler and fairer taxes.
00:40Conference, this will be my personal North Star as your Chancellor.
00:44I didn't come here to raise taxes.
00:46I came to lower them.
00:54No country.
00:55No country in history has ever taxed its way to prosperity.
01:00So we will cut taxes, but only when we can afford to do so.
01:05And always saying clearly how we will fund that
01:07within our golden economic rule.
01:10Hope and I will take part.
01:10Come on in.
01:10I'm going to try and Κ in Shanghai.

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