“Economics and finance is the final frontier for women; it’s the last thing they will conquer because controlling finance is at the heart of everything in government.”

Brexit has energised millions of people, young and old, to take part in our democracy and that’s a great thing.

When we’ve looked into trying to find a full daycare place in London it’s just been impossible. You just cannot get one.

Every pound that comes into the Exchequer was earned by someone through hard work, and could have been used for a new car, a holiday or a treat for the children.

From Brompton bikes in Australia to Bentleys in the US – the world wants what Britain has to sell.

I have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There’s no sense of purpose.

It’s absolutely right that we scrutinise the leaders who after all are going to be in a position of great power.

When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.

The biggest opportunities from Brexit will come from more trade with the rest of the world.

Trade is critical to us all – it ensures we have what we need to live, that the NHS gets the equipment it needs to save lives, and that developing countries can prosper.

I am quite bolshy, sometimes. I like to get my own way, lets put it like that.

We’ve been prepared to make the arguments for lowering corporation tax, which is all about encouraging risk takers, encouraging entrepreneurs.

We are working hard at home and on the international stage to further identify the problems on the horizon and to ensure we reboot trade post-Covid-19.

I was interested in the ideas – freedom, free speech and having control of my own life. That’s why I became a Tory.

They all want us to get Brexit done so that we can begin negotiations and forge new relationships that will open up new markets for British businesses, create jobs and attract new investment.

As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I aim to be the disrupter in chief.

I have been the only female minister in every government department I’ve worked in.

[E]conomic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics

The interventionists do not approach the study of economic matters with scientific disinterestedness. Most of them are driven by an envious resentment against those whose incomes are larger than their own. This bias makes it impossible for them to see things as they really are.

I have always paid careful attention to social and economic conflicts, to the dialectic – if we can call it that – between high and low. Maybe it’s because I was not born or brought up in affluence.

State intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient, or when the political interests of the State are involved. This intervention may take the form of control, assistance or direct management.

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.

As regards the Liberal doctrines, the attitude of Fascism is one of absolute opposition both in the political and in the economical field.

The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.

Marriage is an economic arrangement in many ways, let’s face it.