Conservative Party Conference: Cameron blames bureaucracy for holding Britain back: Cameron speech

Conservative Party Conference: Cameron blames bureaucracy for holding Britain back: Cameron speech; So you want to know my strategy for growth? When people say 'spend lots more money' I say forget it - Labour spent it all. There's only one strategy for growth we can have now... ...and that is rolling up our sleeves and doing everything possible to make it easier for people to start a business to grow a businesses. Back small firms. Boost enterprise. Be on the side of everyone in this country who wants to create jobs, and wealth and opportunity. I know there's an enterprise culture in this country. I know that we've got the people, the ideas, the talent, the energy to make things great. And I'm going to make sure this government does everything it takes. So I can tell you today, the Budget in a few weeks time will tear down the barriers of enterprise and be the most pro-growth Budget this government, this country has seen for a generation.For a lot of people there's one simple barrier - they just don't have the money. They've got a great idea but they're out of work so they can't bring it to life. That is where our New Enterprise Allowance comes in. If you're unemployed and have a sound business plan we'll give you a package of support worth up to £2000 to get you started. In the very first month of this scheme up in St Helens in Merseyside over two hundred people came forward. This is really going to take off - why? Because we know it worked when it happened before. Go to major department stores in this country and you'll find Superdry clothes -a British brand that's gone global and is worth tens of millions of pounds. And you know how it started? From a market stall in the eighties, by a guy who'd been unemployed for nine weeks, but who got one of Margaret Thatcher's Enterprise Allowances and the hand up that he needed. But sometimes it's not the money to start up that holds enterprise back but the money to keep g...