Liz Truss will warn democracies they have to ship for his or her residents on security and the financial system or they are going to “fall behind” within the battle for survival in opposition to autocracy.
The Prime Minister was to inform world leaders in a United Nations speech that they can't be complacent as free societies face a “actual battle” in opposition to authoritarianism.
Talking in New York two days after the Queen’s funeral, Ms Truss was to reward the monarch for having “symbolised the post-war values” that the UN was based on.
She was to invoke the Queen’s speech to the annual basic meeting in 1957 on delivering on the beliefs of sovereignty and human rights.
There's a actual battle happening between totally different types of society - between democracies and autocraciesPrime Minister Liz Truss
“Now we should present that can. We should struggle to defend these beliefs. And we should ship on them for all our folks,” Ms Truss was to say.
And the Prime Minister was to focus on President Vladimir Putin’s Russia and different authoritarian regimes, as she additionally seeks to extend vigilance in opposition to the menace from China.
Ms Truss was to say that the UK’s power comes “from the robust foundations of freedom and democracy” whereas in distinction “autocracies sow the seeds of their very own demise by suppressing their residents”.
“Autocracies are basically inflexible and unable to adapt. Any short-term beneficial properties are eroded in the long run as a result of these societies stifle the aspiration and creativity that are important to long-term progress,” her speech despatched out prematurely by Downing Avenue stated.
“However we can't merely assume there can be a democratic future.
“There's a actual battle happening between totally different types of society – between democracies and autocracies. Except democratic societies ship on the financial system and safety our residents count on, we are going to fall behind.
“We have to hold enhancing and renewing what we do for the brand new period, demonstrating that democracy delivers.”
With the Russian president seen as holding phoney referendums, Ms Truss was set to accuse him of “desperately attempting to say the mantle of democracy for a regime with out human rights or freedoms”.
The Prime Minister will say that progress as a “new Britain for a brand new period” begins with financial progress and constructing an financial system that “rewards enterprise and attracts funding”.
Nevertheless it additionally means “securing inexpensive and dependable provides of power” and “slicing off the poisonous energy and pipelines from authoritarian regimes”.