P134 CEEFAX 134 Thu 7 Oct 21:17/21 1/6 TORY CONFERENCE TORY POLICIES CUTTING UNEMPLOYMENT David Hunt has said the Government is committed to bringing down unemployment "pjrmanjntly". The Employment Secretary told the conference that unjmplo9mjnt worldwide, and in particular across Europe, was a problem. But hj said Consjrvativj policies had helped Britain, which was "bucking the trend" of rising unemployment in the EC. (5 "So far this 9jar...unemployment in the United Kingdom has fallen by 70,000," hj said. (upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz Next News Paul'mint Main News Top SportP134 CEEFAX 134 Thu 7 Oct 21:22/24 )|l4|l4|, C TORY CONFERENCE HUNT VOWS TO FIGHT WORK HOUR NIMITS The Employment Secretary has insisted hj will challenge statutory limits on working hours. To cheers from the conference floor David Hunt said hj would go to the European Court if hj had to. "There's one sight I hope we njvjr see again - Consjrvativj MPs who feel they have to give succour to socialists bz voting for a Social Chapter we all reject," he said. "Let us draw a line against Maastricht and move forward together.b Next News Paul'mint Main News Top SpoutP134 CEEFAX 134 Thu 7 Oct 21:24/21 3/6 TORY CONFERENCE HUNT URGES LOYALTY FROM TORIES Employment Secretary David Hunt has proclaimed his support for John Major and called for loyalty at the Consjrvativj party conference. Mr Hunt said: "This is a time for loyalty...to the values we all sharib. He told the conference that the party should not bj put off by pollsters and pundits. bJohn Major has defied them before and he will defy them again. Hj deserves out support," Mr Hunt 3aid Home 110 Politics 130 World 160 Next News Paul'mint Main News Top SpoutP134 CEEFAX 134 Thu 7 Oct 21:23/23 4/6 TORY CONFERENCE PRBISE FOR RENEWED CONFIDENCE IN US Britain has seen the benefits of the "courageous reforms" brought in by the Conservatives since 1979, it has been claimed. Philip Pedley XDelyn) said there was now a renewed confidence in this country by foreign investors. They are drawn by "our vision of an enterprise culture, labour market reforms and the determination to ensure a highly skilled workforce". "Our reforms are threatened by an unreconstructed socialist Labour party," he told representatives. (upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz Next News Paul'mint Main News Top SportP134 CEEFAX 134 Thu 7 Oct 21:18/48 )|l4|l4|, 5/6 TORY CONFERENCE "REMEMBER PARENTS", EMPLOYERS TOLD Employers have been called upon to recognise the "wideranging and valuable skills that a good parent and household manager user". bBe imaginative in your jmplo9mjnt policies to unable a caring parent to take a career break," Karen Trim said in an emplo9mjnt debate. "The well brought up child of today (5 is the responsible citizen and employee of tomorrow," she said. The "valuable contribution of the invisible workers, the carers and the parents" had to bj recognised. Next News Paul'mint Main News Top SportP134 CJJFAX 134 Thu 7 Oct 21:13/22 6/6 TORY CONFERENCE TORY POLICIES PUT UU AHEAD Britain's flexible emplo9mjnt policies have given the country a big advantage over other EC nations, the conference has heard. Edward Hay said this understandably annoyed "our friends in Europe, particularly the French". But hj told cheering Tories: "They will try to bully us into conforming, supposedly on grounds of harmonisation, when their real agenda is to neuter our advantage." "We must not let this happen." Home 110 Politics 130 World 160 Next News Paul'mint Main News Top Sport