British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return his focus to tackling regional inequality on Wednesday, hoping a final speech at his Conservative Party's conference will draw a line under a series of crises buffeting his government.
After a week when Johnson has been forced to defend his government against complaints over fuel shortages, fears for Christmas food supplies and farmers having to destroy their produce, the prime minister hopes to reset his agenda.
He will double down on his desire for Britain to change direction, away from the "same old broken model with low wages, low growth, low skills and low productivity" to "a high wage, high skill, high productivity economy". "To deliver that change we will get on with our job of uniting and levelling up across the UK - the greatest project that any government can embark on," he will say, according to excerpts of his speech.
Instead, he will call on businesses to do more to lift wages and attract more workers - a criticism of British companies that minister after minister at the conference has repeated.
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