George Osborne, Shadow Chancellor, speech to The Conservative Party Conference 2009

The transcript discusses Conservative policies, including a state pension increase funded by raising the pension age and a public sector pay freeze excluding the lowest paid to protect jobs. It emphasizes the necessity of these choices to address Britain's debt crisis and prevent higher interest rates and unemployment, stressing that these are unavoidable decisions and that everyone is in this together.

What is the proposed method to fund the increase in state pensions?

• Increasing the pension age by one year

• Raising taxes

• Reducing public spending

• Borrowing more money

Who is exempt from the proposed public sector pay freeze?

• All public sector workers

• Only the highest-paid workers

• The lowest-paid workers

• No one is exempt

What is the main goal of the public sector pay freeze?

• To increase public sector salaries

• To increase government revenue

• To protect 100,000 jobs in frontline services

• To reduce the number of public sector workers

What is the primary reason given for making these economic choices?

• To reduce taxes

• To increase public sector wages

• To increase government popularity

• To avoid higher interest rates and unemployment

What is the concluding message of the narrative?

• The choices are easy to make

• These choices are optional

• We are all in this together

• Only some people need to make sacrifices