Boris Johnson being interviewed by Andrew Marr as Conservative conference opens - UK politics live

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : All of this shows we are delivering - and now it is time to go further - not only to recover, but to Build Back Better - with decisive action on more jobs, more police and supporting health and social care.
53% : David Jones, the Conservative MP and former Welsh secretary, uses an article in the Mail on Sunday to say that Brexit is driving up wages for low-paid workers.
52% : Johnson goes into the conference with new polling from Opinium suggesting that, by a margin of almost two to one, voters think Brexit, Johnson's signature project, is going badly.
49% : Brexit Done and secured a deal with the EU - keeping our election promise ...
45% : Insiders say Johnson, who has previously advocated higher borrowing, has been convinced it is in his electoral self-interest to rein in spending so he can cut taxes before polling day, due in May 2024.
43% : The Observer says a group of senior Conservative MPs has broken ranks to openly question how Boris Johnson can deliver on his promise to increase prosperity in poorer parts of the UK while at the same time raising taxes for working people and cutting benefits.
40% : For them, Brexit will be working very well indeed, without any need for Sir Keir [Starmer] to trouble himself.
38% : Tim Shipman in the Sunday Times (paywall) says Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have struck a secret deal to cut taxes before the next general election in exchange for spending restraint now.

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