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.
LIZ TRUSSWe had meetings throughout the day and the girls had to play outside the office while mummy went to ‘boring’ meetings.
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I think there’s a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.
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The US is our largest trading partner and increasing transatlantic trade can help our economies bounce back from the economic challenge posed by coronavirus.
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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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Free-flow play is not compulsory, but there is a belief across lots of nurseries that it is.
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We’re trendsetters, first to welcome brilliant inventions into our lives, from the microwave meal to Instagram.
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I feel I’ve come home at the Treasury.
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Maintaining confidence in international trade will be critical to the broader economic recovery in the post-Covid world.
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I try to be as clear and straight as I can in what I am putting forward. I think people are fed up with politicians where there are lots of bland lines to take.
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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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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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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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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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Women need to be less squeamish about making money.
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It means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.
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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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