And I observe that for the vast majority of the Labour government we had a top rate of 40 per cent income tax. It’s now higher, and I think we should look to get to a simpler, lower tax system.
LIZ TRUSSWhen I left university I got a job with Shell on their graduate scheme.
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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.
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When we’ve looked into trying to find a full daycare place in London it’s just been impossible. You just cannot get one.
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With Anglo-American capitalism increasingly under attack, those who believe in the power of free markets and enterprise to create wealth and social progress must stand up and be counted and champion our way of life.
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I was Margaret Thatcher in the school election during the 1983 General Election.
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The young people I meet want more freedom – to start firms, keep more of what they earn, and move to areas with opportunities without paying a fortune.
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Leaving the European Union really does give us a chance as a country to become more outward-looking, to become more competitive, and to deepen our links with our partners right across the world.
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Britain is the ideas factory of the world and has huge potential to benefit from the next technological revolution.
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Tyrrells crisps are one of the top sellers in France. I don’t know if you’ve tasted crisps in other countries.
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I’d love the job of Chancellor one day.
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We need to give people another option from 16-18. Not everyone is going to want to become a rocket scientist but that doesn’t mean that maths isn’t extremely useful.
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I had never met anyone of my own age that was a Tory, so going to university and seeing people who were Tories and who believed in what I believed in was an eye-opener.
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When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.
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As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I aim to be the disrupter in chief.
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In Westminster, we can sometimes forget just how much the public hate their money being wasted.
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People won’t want powers being handed back from bureaucrats in Brussels to be given to bureaucrats in Britain.
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