Conservative Party conference: Cameron speech
Conservative Party conference: Cameron speech; - The spending cuts we do have to make, we'll make in a way that is fair.
Fairness includes protecting the service we most rely on - the national health service.
We said five years ago we were the party of the NHS and now in government, by protecting the NHS from spending cuts, we are showing precisely that priority we have talked about so much in our party.
And as we work to balance the budget, fairness does mean asking those on higher incomes to shoulder more of the burden than those on lower incomes.
I'm not saying this is going to be easy, as we've seen this week with child benefit.
But it's fair that those with broader shoulders should bear a greater load.
And I think, I do think it's time for a new conversation about what fairness really means.
Here's what I think.
Yes, fairness means giving money to help the poorest in our society.
People who are sick, who are vulnerable, the elderly - I want you to know we will always look after you.
That's the sign of a civilized society and it's what I believe.
But you cannot measure fairness just by how much money we spend on welfare, as though the poor are products with a price tag, and the more we spend the more we value them.
Fairness means supporting people out of poverty, not trapping them in dependency.
So we will make a bold choice.
For too long, we have measured success in tackling poverty by the size of the cheque that we give people.
We say: let us measure our success by the chance that we give.
Let us support the real routes out of poverty: a strong family; a good education; a job.
So we'll invest in the early years, help put troubled families back on track, use a pupil premium to make sure kids from the poorest homes go to the best schools not the worst, recognise marriage in the tax system and most of all, make sure that work really pays for every single person in our country.
You will probably remember Manchester last year...
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