5 important bits of Theresa May's Conservative Party Conference speech that you probably missed in all the coughing

Theresa May's 2017 speech to Conservative Party
Conference will certainly go down as one of the most
memorable addresses of all time.
But almost certainly not for the reasons she hoped it
would.
Since the speech, all anyone's talking about is the
collapsing backdrop, the stage invasion and the Prime
Minister's cough.
But there were actually some pretty important
announcements buried in the chaos.
Here's a round up of all the major policies the poorly
Prime Minister struggled to croak out in her
disastrous speech to party faithful in Manchester.
1. She's going to change the law after
a two-year campaign by the Mirror
Mrs May announced she is to change the organ donor
system in England following a two-year campaign by
the Daily Mirror.
We have been calling for a system of presumed
consent across the UK, whereby organs become
available unless people decide not to take part, since
2015.
Today the PM said: "Our ability to help people who
need transplants is limited by the number of organ
donors that come forward.
"That is why last year 500 people died because a
suitable organ was not available. And there are 6,500
on the transplant list today.
"So to address this challenge that affects all
communities in our country, we will change that
system. Shifting the balance of presumption in favour
of organ donation."
2. She promised to build some
council houses but not very many and
they're not really council houses
Theresa May's pledge to build a "new generation of
council houses" has been slammed after aides
admitted it'd only mean around 5,000 extra homes per
year.
The Prime Minister pledged £2billion extra for
affordable housing today in her speech to the
Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.
It brings funding for the Tories' affordable homes
scheme to £9.1billion in total over the five years to
2021.
But Downing Street aides admitted the change would
only mean around 25,000 more homes - or just over a
dozen each year in every council area, on average.
And they made clear that despite Mrs May's speech,
the homes would only be defined as "affordable" - not
necessarily council homes at all.
Some of the affordable homes will have rent at 80%
of the market rate.
In high-rent areas like London, councils and housing
associations can bid for cash to build houses for
'social rent' lower than this, but it is not clear how
many.
By comparison, Jeremy Corbyn 's Labour manifesto
promised to build 1million homes over five years and
claimed half would be "genuinely affordable".
Labour claimed in its last year of government it spent
£3.75billion on affordable homes, around double what
the Tory plans would see spent.
Shadow Housing Secretary John Healey said: "This
announcement pales into insignificance to Labour's
New Deal plans to launch the biggest council
housebuilding programme for over 30 years.
"Only Labour has a credible long-term plan to build the
genuinely affordable homes the country needs."
The Mirror told in January how at least 104,000
people in Britain have been on council house waiting
lists for five years as town hall chiefs warned of a
deepening crisis.
3. She vowed a review of the mental
health act
Theresa May announced that expert Professor Sir
Simon Wessely will lead a review of the Mental Health
Act to tackle injustice and discrimination in the
system.
Sir Simon will review the legislation to address
"widespread concern" that it is open to misuse.
Mrs May said say that tackling the stigma around
mental health was one of her key priorities in politics.
There were concerns that the existing legislation,
passed more than 30 years ago, was "leading to
shortfalls in services and is open to misuse".
"Detention rates under the Mental Health Act are too
high," she told activists in Manchester.
"And it is people from black and minority ethnic
populations who are affected the most.
"So today I can announce that I have asked Professor
Sir Simon Wessely to undertake an independent
review of the Mental Health Act, so that we can
tackle the longstanding injustices of discrimination in
our mental health system once and for all."
4. She's going to implement an
energy price cap, which is totally not
nicked from Ed Miliband
Theresa May has unveiled grand plans to “bring an
end to rip-off energy prices once and for all”.
“We will always take on monopolies and vested
interests when they are holding people back,” she
declared.
No10 sources say the government will publish a draft
law next WEEK, which if passed, would let regulator
Ofgem put a cap on the price of all standard variable
tariffs (SVTs).
These are the most common deals in Britain used by
two-thirds of families. If you’re on one of these, it’ll
affect you.
The cap would most likely be set by the Ofgem and
move with the market. So bills could still rise, but just
not as much.
Downing Street sources admitted the law being
brought in next week might not actually happen.
Sources insisted there will definitely be a cap on all
SVTs. But if the regulator Ofgem brings forward
proposals Theresa May thinks are good enough, she
could ditch the law and just go with the regulator’s
rules instead.
This may all sound quite similar to Ed Miliband idea of
an energy price freeze, but the Tories insist that it's
not.
5. She finally apologised for her
disastrous election campaign
The PM used her address to finally apologise to loyal
Tory activists for her snap general election disaster
where she surrendered the party's Commons majority.
Admitting her heavily-criticised campaign “fell short”,
she confessed: “It was too scripted, too presidential.
“I hold my hands up for that. I take responsibility, I led
the campaign and I am sorry.”