As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I aim to be the disrupter in chief.
LIZ TRUSSAnd after Brexit, we will be free to determine our economic future, with control over our money, laws and borders.
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In Westminster, we can sometimes forget just how much the public hate their money being wasted.
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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.
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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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The British brand is so popular particularly in the US that they put the union jack flag on top of beer bottles because it sells.
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The teachers at my school were quite often card-carrying members of the Labour Party and it just was not part of the culture to approve of what the government was doing.
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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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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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I have been the only female minister in every government department I’ve worked in.
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Britain is a nation of Uber-riding, Deliveroo-eating, Airbnb-ing freedom fighters.
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I feel I’ve come home at the Treasury.
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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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When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.
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Taking control of our laws border and money, run not by a bunch of overpaid bureaucrats in Brussels but by a bunch of overpaid bureaucrats in Britain. That ladies and gentlemen is a dream worth fighting for.
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What you notice in French nurseries is just how calm they are. All of their classes are structured and led by teachers. It’s a requirement.
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Our future lies in being a high skilled, high innovation, free enterprise nation.
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