Full text: Philip Hammond’s Conservative conference speech
Liz, thank you for that introduction……and for tearing yourself away from your beloved Instagram account for a few minutes. And thank you too for being such a great Chief Secretary and stalwart defender of the public purse. My kids think I’m tight with money…but they haven’t met Liz Truss. And in a world obsessed with stories of division and rift in Whitehall… I want to hold up my fantastic team at the Treasury as an example of how we can – and do – work together and support each other. So a big “thank you” to all of them. Liz, ministers Mel Stride, John Glen, Rob Jenrick and in the Lords, Michael Bates;
