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it is to regain credibility and relevance, must change too. Wider than that, our system of Government must modernise, adapt to new financial circumstances and start to deliver better services with scarce resources. The challenge facing the new Government is unlike any other. Our economy and our politics have been shattered. But our people’s spirit has not. And that is the spark. The spark that encourages a new Government to look to the future with a sense of hope. A sense of hope that with the right plans, the right people, and with a unified sense of purpose our country can recover. The Government for National Recovery faces an historic challenge. The trust of the nation has been invested in it. It is committed to honouring that trust. At all times it will meet each task guided and informed by some words first spoken by Albert Einstein: “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” The new Government has to show too that it has learned from the past. Our Programme reflects the new reality that our politics and our government can, and must, change. The new Government is determined to make each day count as we begin a slow but deliberate renewal of our country. Our country deserves a fresh start from the failed politics of the years past. It also deserves a new hope that a new Government guided by the needs of the many rather than the greed of the few can make a real, positive difference in their lives. There isn’t a moment to be lost.
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