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Labour Party Conference:Rachel Reeves In Conversation with Matt Forde panel; *** CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **ENGLAND: Merseyside: Liverpool: ACC Liverpool:INTTheo Bertram (Director Social Market Foundation) and David Hass introduce the event sponsored by Nationwide Building Society with the Social media Foundation"Hello ladies and gentleman, thanks very much for coming today. My name is Theo Bertram. I'm the director of the Social Market Foundation, and it's a great pleasure to see you all. I hope you enjoyed the leader's speech earlier today. I'm just going to give you the instructions about fire exits, which is straight out through that door. We're not expecting a fire drill, so if it does go off, then please make your way out that direction. And it's my pleasure to say thank you to Nationwide for sponsoring today's event. I'm just going to hand over to David Hass to tell you a few words from our sponsor."David Hass introduction SOT"Thank you very much indeed, Theo, and good afternoon, everybody. It's a real pleasure to welcome you here to this event in conversation with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on behalf of the sponsors Nationwide Building Society. As the UK's largest mutual, Nationwide are proud to sponsor this discussion and to be among people who believe, as we do, that business can be both purpose-led and principled. For Nationwide, mutuality isn't just a legacy. It's a living model. It means we're owned by our members, not shareholders. We exist to serve people, not profit. And while it may sound a bit idealistic, it does deliver fairer banking, long-term thinking, and deep investment in the communities that we're part of. The Labour Party has long championed those same values, values which in fact transcend party lines. So we're looking forward to hearing how those values might shape the next chapter of the government and build a fairer and more inclusive economy. With that, I'm delighted to introduce Matt Ford, our compare this...