Manchester conference<\/a>, will vow not to \u201cretreat in the face of difficulty\u201d.<\/p>\nShe is also expected to say: \u201cThe party, and ministers, must look to do our duty by Britain.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet us shape up and give the country the government it needs.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor beyond this hall, beyond the gossip pages of the newspapers, and beyond the streets, corridors and meeting rooms of Westminster, life continues \u2013 the daily lives of ordinary working people go on. And they must be our focus today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Damian Green, First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office, said to the BBC\u2019s Radio 4 Today programme: \u201cIt is a significant announcement. This is a Conservative government saying we want to help homeowners in private rent, but we also want to regenerate the social-rented sector as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe in building more homes and we think that we need to do this to meet the demand of all types, including council houses.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll hear today we are going to make it easier for councils to build new houses for rent.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe things that hold them [local authorities] back will be part of the announcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we expect to do is start a rebirth of council housing, precisely because one of the duties the prime minister thinks is important for the government to fulfil is precisely to go to those parts of society, parts of the country where often in the past the Conservative party hasn\u2019t addressed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe council house announcement will be squarely in that field.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe prime minister will talk very much about a range of policies that will help that group who have been feeling they have often been left behind, particularly in the housing field.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are less likely to own their own homes than their parents did. They feel they are working very hard in their 20s and 30s, but not getting the rewards from society they should get.\u201d<\/p>\n
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