I think there’s a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.
LIZ TRUSSIf John McDonnell nationalised whole industries, they would be quickly taken over by bureaucrats more concerned about their careers than about customers.
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We don’t know what’s around the corner – and we must do everything to ensure we get our country’s debts down, building our resilience so we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past.
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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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As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, my first responsibility is to the taxpayer.
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Women are not going to start businesses because we tell them we don’t have enough people of a certain group.
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I admire Peter Mandleson’s chutzpah and the way he transformed the Labour party but not his dubious ideas about Europe and industrial policy.
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In London the average person is paying 50 per cent of their income on rent. Just think how much better off people would feel if that number was a lot lower.
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Britain and the US remain the Wild West for ideas, where pioneers push each other towards ever greater heights in the white heat of free enterprise.
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The fact that Australians want to come and live and work in Britain, and Brits want to come and live and work in Australia.
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I’m very concerned that a lot of our land is being taken up with solar farms.
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We want a fully comprehensive trade deal that reflects our deep, ongoing relationship, the friendship between our two countries.
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We are fighting a Labour Party whose avowed enemy is capitalist bosses, whose instinct is to see income as a common pool resource, and whose leading figures find profit morally repugnant.
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Except this time, there will be no choice and nowhere to turn when things go wrong.
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I don’t like tokenism. I don’t like the idea that somebody should just appear at a press conference or in a media interview because they are a woman.
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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.
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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 campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.
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I want people to buy British because it’s the tastiest food and the most exciting food.
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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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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 want Britain to lead the world in food and farming and to do that we need enough productive agricultural land.
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Nobody wants to be in a room or their business to be funded because they’re a woman. They don’t want to be discriminated against because they’re a woman.
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We’ve been prepared to make the arguments for lowering corporation tax, which is all about encouraging risk takers, encouraging entrepreneurs.
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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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It’s absolutely right that we scrutinise the leaders who after all are going to be in a position of great power.
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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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No one knows their place, no one fears failure and no one is ashamed of success.
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