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.
LIZ TRUSSWe 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.
More Liz Truss Quotes
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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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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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It’s almost 10 years since the 2008 crisis, but we all still remember the consequences of ignoring threats to the public finances.
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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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With Anglo-American capitalism increasingly under attack, those who believe in the power of free markets and enterprise to create wealth and social progress must stand up and be counted and champion our way of life.
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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 feel I’ve come home at the Treasury.
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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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If 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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I campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.
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No one knows their place, no one fears failure and no one is ashamed of success.
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We had meetings throughout the day and the girls had to play outside the office while mummy went to ‘boring’ meetings.
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It’s a merger of home life and work life. They aren’t that separate, I must confess, and my daughters know an awful lot about childcare reform now because of it.
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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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I think we’ve got caught up in the weeds of Brexit, and… the approach has been to try and compromise and split the difference. And that to me is not what Brexit is about.
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