You’ve just left school. What’s your future?(你刚离开学校。你的未来是什么？)
你刚刚离开学校。你的未来是什么？
I know a physics graduate making flat whites(馥芮白咖啡); a 30-year-old living in his childhood bedroom who feels like a failure(觉得自己是个失败者); a lad in Blyth who turned down(拒绝了) a job 15 miles away because there’s no bus, and for young people his age car insurance is almost £2,000 a year. Britain’s young people are our greatest resource, and we are failing them because capital markets won’t allocate investment where it is needed.(英国的年轻人是我们最宝贵的资源，而我们正在辜负他们，因为资本市场不愿把投资配置到需要的地方。) Saying “hope” in a conference speech(在会议演讲中) sounds warm. But people need a plan.
我认识一位在做拿铁咖啡的物理系毕业生；一位30岁仍住在童年卧室、觉得自己是个失败者的男子；布莱斯的一个小伙子因为没公交而拒绝了15英里外的工作，而对他这个年纪的年轻人来说，车险一年要将近2000英镑。英国的年轻人是我们最宝贵的资源，而我们正在辜负他们，因为资本市场不愿把投资配置到需要的地方。在会议演讲中说“希望”听起来很温暖。但人们需要的是计划。
The first priority of any government is the security of its people. Financial markets are sending price signals that AI booms and share buybacks(股票回购) are more important than clean energy or warm homes. We fund aircraft carriers(航空母舰) and artillery shells(炮弹). But wind turbines(风力涡轮机) and council houses(市政住房、公租房) are part of our national security, too. Imagine a country with a 20-year investment plan, with retrofitted homes and fast transport connections that leave nowhere behind.(想象一个国家拥有20年投资计划，房屋经过节能改造，快速交通连接不落下任何地方。) That’s a future filled with the potential of proud work for young people.
任何政府的首要任务都是保障人民的安全。金融市场正在发出价格信号：AI热潮和股票回购比清洁能源或温暖住宅更重要。我们为航空母舰和炮弹买单。但风力涡轮机和市政住房同样是我们国家安全的一部分。想象一个国家拥有20年投资计划，房屋经过节能改造，快速交通连接不落下任何地方。那是一个充满年轻人从事体面工作潜力的未来。