The PM says "together we will build a brighter future for the whole United Kingdom", and that she "passionately believes our best days lie ahead of us".

"Britain will be a champion for free trade right across the globe."

She says the country's greatest strength of all is the talent and diversity of its people.

"Don’t let anyone tell you we don’t have what it takes: we have everything we need to succeed."

Looking ahead to 2022, the PM says the best of culture, industry and heritage will be put on show in a year long festival of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Discussing the power of free markets, Theresa May says she believes in the power of "a well-regulated free market – the greatest agent of collective human progress ever devised".

The PM says "to all businesses – large and small – you may have heard that there is a four-letter word to describe what we Conservatives want to do to you. It has a single syllable. It is of Anglo-Saxon derivation. It ends in the letter 'K' - back business."

She says that under her Conservative government, Britain "is open for business".

The prime minister says in a negotiation if you can't accept what the other side proposes, you look at alternatives.

"Our proposal is for a free trade deal that provides for frictionless trade in goods."

She says: "It would protect hundreds of thousands of jobs in the just-in-time supply chains our manufacturing firms rely on".

Businesses wouldn't face costly checks in exports, she says

"And it would protect our precious Union – the seamless border in Northern Ireland, a bedrock of peace and stability, would see no change whatsoever."

The prime minister announces that free movement will end, and the new system will be based on skills, not the country of origin.

"Those with the skills this country needs who want to work hard, will be welcomed."

She says there is also an incentive to train our own young people.

"Taking back control of our borders, laws and money - it is in the national interest."

Theresa May acknowledges that "there are plenty of prominent people in British politics – in Parliament and out of it – who want to stop Brexit in its tracks".

On plans for a second referendum, "the People's Vote", the PM says "we had the people's vote - the people voted to leave."

"A second referendum would be a “politicians’ vote”: politicians telling people they got it wrong the first time and should try again.

She says the country needs to come together for the toughest part of the negotiations.

Theresa May acknowledges that different views on Brexit have been aired this week at conference.

"My job is to do what I believe to be in the national interest, first honouring the result of the national referendum."

"Second is seeking good trading and security relationship with our neighbours after we have left."

She says the EU nations are our close friends and allies, and we should ensure it stays that way.

"No-one wants a good deal more than me. But that has never meant getting a deal at any cost."

She says Britain isn’t afraid to leave with no deal if they have to, but says the government need to be honest about it.

"Leaving without a deal - introducing tariffs and costly checks at the border - would be a bad outcome for the UK and the EU."

She says that some people have called for no deal to be ruled out, which means either a deal that keeps us in the EU in all but name, keeps free movement, keeps annual payments and stops us signing trade deals with other countries, or a deal that carves off Northern Ireland.

"We will never accept either of those choices. I have treated the EU with nothing but respect. The UK expects the same."

The prime minister talks about the Salsbury poisioning.

"When Russia launched a chemical attack on the streets of the United Kingdom, I took the decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats who were undeclared intelligence officers."

She says she received almost universal support in Parliament, from the SNP, to the Liberal Democrats to the Labour backbenches.

"There was just one dissenting voice – Jeremy Corbyn."

She asks the conference hall to imagine if Jeremy Corbyn was prime minister, and says the country's defences must be strong to ensure the country is kept safe.

Theresa May says Jeremy Corbyn "poses as a humanitarian", and says, "we cannot outsource our conscience to the Kremlin".

The PM stresses the importance of the NHS as a British institution, and says that the Conservative party has given the NHS the best 70th birthday party ever: an extra £394m every week.

"Next time you hear people say that Tories don't care about the NHS, tell them about that extra funding."

The PM announces a new cancer strategy, saying: "We will increase the early detection rate from one-in-two today, to three-in four by 2028 by lowering the age at which we screen for bowel cancer from 60 to 50, investing in the very latest scanners and building more Rapid Diagnostic Centres.

"It will mean that by 2028, 55,000 more people will be alive five years after their diagnosis compared to today."

We must be a party that is not in thrall to ideology but principles, she tells the audience.

Theresa May tells the conference hall that the party must provide security, freedom and opportunity.

"The freedom to make decisions for yourself, rather than have them made by government", she says.

With freedom comes responsibility, she says, especially for those in public life and to weigh the "impact our words have".

She says the Conservative party have proved that they are the party for everyone.

"You can have been in care, like Esther McVey, and make it into the Cabinet, or you can be heavily pregnant and engaged to your girlfriend, like Ruth Davidson, and be leader of the Scottish Conservative party."

"We the Conservative party are the party of opportunity."

She moves on to an attack on the Labour party, saying that Labour used to have qualities that others could respect.

"Today, when I look at the Opposition benches, I can see that Labour party...but not on the front bench.

"The Jeremy Corbyn party rejects the common values that once bridged our divide."

She questions whether former Labour PM Jim Callaghan would have asked the Russian government to confirm the findings of the UK's intelligence agencies, and asks what it has come to when Jewish people are considering leaving the country as they do not feel safe, and when senior Labour MPs are announcing that anti-Semitism is rife in the party.

"What has befallen Labour is a national tragedy," she says.

She tells the audience that it is the Conservative party's duty to make sure Jeremy Corbyn, a man who appeared on Iranian state TV, can never do what he has done to his party, to our country.

The PM says to do this, the Conservatives must be a party for everyone, "a party of unionism".

"A party, not for the few, not even for the many, but for everyone who is willing to work hard and do their best."

Theresa May says that politics has the potential to transform lives, but in the last few years, something has changed for the worse.

She says it has become "polarised", and "more like a confrontation between the enemies", which is putting people off politics.

The PM tells the conference hall that it is not only Conservatives who are facing abuse, noting that the first black MP Diane Abbott, elected 30 years ago, receives more hate today than she did in the past.

"You don't have to agree with anything Diane Abbott says, but this abuse is wrong."

She says: "Conservatives will always stand up for a politics that unites us rather than divides us."

After remembering the centenary of the First World War, Theresa May says a more secure future in the post-war world and the spirit of common purpose which was prominent during this period, should be captured again now.

"If we come together, there is no limit on what we can achieve, our future is in our hands."

Making a joke in reference of the BBC One drama Bodyguard, Theresa May says "real politics regards a lot of hard graft", and that "it wasn't like that in my day".

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After the dance routine, Theresa May begins her speech by asking the conference to excuse her if she coughs, and says she has been up all night glueing the backdrop.

"There are some things about last year's conference that I have tried to forget, but I will not forget the warmth in the hall, you supported me all the way," she says.