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 TRUSSTraditionally, Conservatives have argued that low taxes are a route to self-determination.
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But I really think British crisps are world leaders. I went to China and they told me there is only one type of potato available there.
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From Brompton bikes in Australia to Bentleys in the US – the world wants what Britain has to sell.
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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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Britain is the ideas factory of the world and has huge potential to benefit from the next technological revolution.
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I feel I’m fortunate compared with a lot of parents in being able to afford a nanny but, you know, it’s expensive.
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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 was interested in the ideas – freedom, free speech and having control of my own life. That’s why I became a Tory.
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Opinion polls show that millennials are focused, aspirational and entrepreneurial.
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Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have made no secret of their desire to stamp out individualism and enterprise.
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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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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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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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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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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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Coronavirus may well represent the biggest health crisis any of us experience in our lifetimes.
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