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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I have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There’s no sense of purpose.
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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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I think every woman in this country will understand what it means to be mansplained to. It happens in everyday life – you know, if you go into a shop, or you’re talking about finance.
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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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In other countries you can do high-level maths or general maths, whereas we’ve just got all-or-nothing.
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Women need to be less squeamish about making money.
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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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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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People won’t want powers being handed back from bureaucrats in Brussels to be given to bureaucrats in Britain.
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Brexit has energised millions of people, young and old, to take part in our democracy and that’s a great thing.
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From better access to American markets for our beef and lamb farmers, to cutting tariffs on dairy products like cheese, which are up to 17 per cent, there are significant opportunities for UK farming.
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We spent a lot of time talking about politics at home. We went to the camp at Greenham Common.
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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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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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If we just had an election which is a kind of desiccated calculation, obviously I think the Conservatives have the best economic plans, but it is about more than that. It is about the overall person.
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Tyrrells crisps are one of the top sellers in France. I don’t know if you’ve tasted crisps in other countries.
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Coronavirus may well represent the biggest health crisis any of us experience in our lifetimes.
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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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From the coffee bars of Camden to the gin joints of Norfolk – across Britain, a revolution is brewing. And no, it’s not John McDonnell’s bitter socialist hooch. It’s a generation growing up with an entirely different view of the world – free thinking, optimistic and hungry for success.
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I have been the only female minister in every government department I’ve worked in.
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Opinion polls show that millennials are focused, aspirational and entrepreneurial.
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All of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
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We are working hard at home and on the international stage to further identify the problems on the horizon and to ensure we reboot trade post-Covid-19.
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They all want us to get Brexit done so that we can begin negotiations and forge new relationships that will open up new markets for British businesses, create jobs and attract new investment.
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I’d love the job of Chancellor one day.
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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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