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| PM lists policies amid poll fever | PM lists policies amid poll fever |
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| Gordon Brown is expected to outline policies on crime, health and education when he delivers his first speech as leader to the Labour party conference. | |
| The prime minister is set to ignore mounting speculation that he will call a general election this year. | |
| Instead, he will use his speech to back the use of stop and search powers in areas hit by gun crime and unveil plans to cut cancer treatment waiting times. | |
| Meanwhile, a poll in the Sun has put the Tories eight points behind Labour. | Meanwhile, a poll in the Sun has put the Tories eight points behind Labour. |
| The Ipsos-Mori poll of 1,009 adults put Labour on 42%; its lead increased from 5% in a similar poll a month ago. | The Ipsos-Mori poll of 1,009 adults put Labour on 42%; its lead increased from 5% in a similar poll a month ago. |
| The poll, carried out by Ipsos-Mori on September 20-22 found 34% of those questioned favoured the Conservatives, with 14% for the Lib Dems. | The poll, carried out by Ipsos-Mori on September 20-22 found 34% of those questioned favoured the Conservatives, with 14% for the Lib Dems. |
| Addressing a party hoping to seal a fourth general election victory, Mr Brown will not end election fever by naming the day, or ruling anything out. | |
| Law and order | Law and order |
| Instead, he will focus on a series of announcements which will form the backbone of his future programme leading towards the campaign, whenever it comes. | |
| He told BBC Breakfast: "My focus is the job and I think what people want to hear about this week is what we offer the country, what we offer for the future and what we offer that's new policy and I think anything that diverts from that is something that is not fair to the British people." | |
| I think anybody who knows that a few people with guns can disrupt a whole area will want the police to use these powers Gordon Brown | |
| On law and order, police are to be encouraged to use stop-and-search powers in areas affected by gun and knife crime. | |
| Senior officers in ten existing street crime hotspots will be able to sweep areas in a bid to crack down on violent crime. | Senior officers in ten existing street crime hotspots will be able to sweep areas in a bid to crack down on violent crime. |
| Mr Brown told the programme: "I think anybody who knows that a few people with guns can disrupt a whole area will want the police to use these powers." | |
| Labour conference will mark end of Blair era | Labour conference will mark end of Blair era |
| The move, which Mr Brown recognises may be controversial and revive memories of the old "sus" laws, will be part of a package of measures under the slogan "punish and prevent" which will also include plans to cut police paper work. | The move, which Mr Brown recognises may be controversial and revive memories of the old "sus" laws, will be part of a package of measures under the slogan "punish and prevent" which will also include plans to cut police paper work. |
| On health, the prime minister will unveil his plans to cut cancer waiting and screening times and to increase the numbers of matrons. | |
| He will also announce a deep-clean of hospitals over Christmas and the New Year in the fight against the MRSA bug | |
| "Everybody has a right to expect, when you go into hospital, you are not just treated as a person and not a number, but it is going to be clean, it is going to be safe, it is going to be secure," he told Breakfast. | |
| "I want to reassure people that we are taking every step possible to do it." | |
| He will talk about removing barriers - to work and university education, for example - to increase opportunity, particularly for the poorest. | He will talk about removing barriers - to work and university education, for example - to increase opportunity, particularly for the poorest. |
| He will place an emphasis on helping children and families, to lift them out of poverty. | He will place an emphasis on helping children and families, to lift them out of poverty. |
| Once again, Mr Brown will spell out his commitment to the Labour Party which is rooted in his own background. | Once again, Mr Brown will spell out his commitment to the Labour Party which is rooted in his own background. |
| He will tell the Bournemouth conference he is getting on with the job in hand and will say that, while great advances were made under Tony Blair, change is required to meet those new challenges. | He will tell the Bournemouth conference he is getting on with the job in hand and will say that, while great advances were made under Tony Blair, change is required to meet those new challenges. |
| Election footing | Election footing |
| He is expected to echo the words he used in a letter to the party's ruling executive, that called on the conference "to set ambitious long-term goals and then stay the course to meet the challenges of the decade ahead". | He is expected to echo the words he used in a letter to the party's ruling executive, that called on the conference "to set ambitious long-term goals and then stay the course to meet the challenges of the decade ahead". |
| "But these changes are just the start. I know that we must go much further, be bolder and more confident if we are to unleash the talents of all and make Britain the place it can be. | "But these changes are just the start. I know that we must go much further, be bolder and more confident if we are to unleash the talents of all and make Britain the place it can be. |
| "To do this we need to look forward to the new challenges of the future that will influence the lives of families and communities up and down the country," he said. | "To do this we need to look forward to the new challenges of the future that will influence the lives of families and communities up and down the country," he said. |
| The prime minister is certain to receive a hero's welcome from delegates in Bournemouth many of whom see the event as marking the end of the Blair decade and the beginning of a new, revitalised administration. | The prime minister is certain to receive a hero's welcome from delegates in Bournemouth many of whom see the event as marking the end of the Blair decade and the beginning of a new, revitalised administration. |
| Many believe that Mr Brown needs time to set out his distinctive manifesto before he goes to the country and, as a result, should not rush into an early election. | Many believe that Mr Brown needs time to set out his distinctive manifesto before he goes to the country and, as a result, should not rush into an early election. |
| But election fever has gripped this conference, with party opinion divided on whether he should go now or wait. | But election fever has gripped this conference, with party opinion divided on whether he should go now or wait. |
| Party bosses are undoubtedly enjoying keeping their opponents guessing but, whatever Mr Brown's intentions, few doubt this speech will, in effect, put the party on an election footing. | Party bosses are undoubtedly enjoying keeping their opponents guessing but, whatever Mr Brown's intentions, few doubt this speech will, in effect, put the party on an election footing. |