All of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
LIZ TRUSSIn order to retain our position as the dynamic duo of the world, it’s vital that in the UK and US we keep opportunities open for new people and new ideas. And we can never allow our economies to get furred up.
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As Trade Secretary I see the world is waiting. The Australians, the Americans, the Kiwis, the Japanese.
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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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In other countries you can do high-level maths or general maths, whereas we’ve just got all-or-nothing.
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Let’s cut the top rates of stamp duty to enable more movement to take place and also looking at the broader tax reform, simplifying our tax system.
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When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.
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What I saw when I went to France was that really good quality education and childcare is seen there as a completely normal part of everyday life.
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I’m proud to say like many of my colleagues in the Conservative Party I am fully behind Theresa May’s Brexit plans.
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Free-flow play is not compulsory, but there is a belief across lots of nurseries that it is.
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It is right that people and businesses retain as much of their own money as possible so that they have the freedom to innovate and invest in the future.
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I feel I’ve come home at the Treasury.
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People want to know about the details of politicians, what they like doing in their spare time, about their families. I think that’s human.
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Our aim should be to give the British people greater control of their lives in all regards.
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I didn’t become a Tory just to become part of a managerial group who wanted to run the country…
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I love Britain. It really worries me, the prospect of Ed Miliband propped up by Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP and what that could do to our country. It’s absolutely right that we highlight to voters that potential risk.
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I want to challenge those who aim to block change, stop development and restrict success. I want to challenge the caution that strangles risk-takers and go-getters.
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I think every woman in this country will understand what it means to be mansplained to. It happens in everyday life – you know, if you go into a shop, or you’re talking about finance.
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No one knows their place, no one fears failure and no one is ashamed of success.
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Labour want to control all parts of the economy and society so that they can pursue the politics of envy. It would leave us all paying higher taxes and the economy in tatters.
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Choice is a national instinct. This capitalist bedrock of our prosperity and security is threatened by a Labour Party that wants to overthrow the whole system.
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I feel I’m fortunate compared with a lot of parents in being able to afford a nanny but, you know, it’s expensive.
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I want Britain to lead the world in food and farming and to do that we need enough productive agricultural land.
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I think there’s a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.
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When I travel around the country, I see great companies with new ideas and a can-do attitude. But too often they are in hand-to-hand and pen-to-paper combat with officialdom.
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When 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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Our public services and the great people who work in them are improving lives.
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