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The PM replied: “Well I can tell you because I’m at the conference talking to all my MPs and everyone else that’s not what they’re talking about.<\/p>\n
“What they’re talking about is our approach to net zero which is saving their constituents \u00a35,000, \u00a310,000 or \u00a315,000.<\/p>\n
“An example of me taking a long-term decision for the country even when it’s not easy, even when I’m getting criticism, because I believe it’s the right thing to do for families.<\/p>\n
“They’re talking about our backing of 55 towns across the country with long-term funding to help them change the destination of what’s happening around them.<\/p>\n
“They’re talking about what we’re doing today on Jade’s Law. These are all the things people are talking about.<\/p>\n
“And you talk about bringing calm. You’re right, when I got this job it wasn’t easy, but I’m really pleased since then we’ve made progress.<\/p>\n
“Inflation now coming down properly easing the burden on the cost of living which is still the most important thing families face.”<\/p>\n
He also rejected a suggestion by host Sally Nugent that the storm has overshadowed the four-day Tory gathering.<\/p>\n
that the row over HS2 had overshadowed the Conservative Party conference and that the handling of the announcement had been poor.<\/p>\n
He told BBC Breakfast: “I don’t think that. Actually we’re having a great conference.”<\/p>\n
Pressed again, he said: “The mood here is great.”<\/p>\n
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