In other countries you can do high-level maths or general maths, whereas we’ve just got all-or-nothing.
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I feel I’ve come home at the Treasury.
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One of my roles was as a commercial manager for liquid natural gas shipping, project economics and contract negotiation.
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If I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.
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I want to see popular free-market Conservatism where barriers are broken down, people have got more opportunities but keep more of their own money.
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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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I think there’s a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.
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When I started my ministerial job I brought my daughters into the Department, due to last-minute childcare complications.
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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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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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Election campaigns always have to have colour and excitement and interest.
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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.
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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 campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.
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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 am quite bolshy, sometimes. I like to get my own way, lets put it like that.
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