I want people to buy British because it’s the tastiest food and the most exciting food.
LIZ TRUSSWomen need to be less squeamish about making money.
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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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Choice is a national instinct. This capitalist bedrock of our prosperity and security is threatened by a Labour Party that wants to overthrow the whole system.
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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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When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.
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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.
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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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We’re trendsetters, first to welcome brilliant inventions into our lives, from the microwave meal to Instagram.
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Schools receive 12% more per student for those doing media studies or psychology than they do for those doing maths. You could change that around, made a premium on doing maths.
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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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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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Women are not going to start businesses because we tell them we don’t have enough people of a certain group.
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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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What I saw when I went to France was that really good quality education and childcare is seen there as a completely normal part of everyday life.
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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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People want to start businesses because it’s a way of fulfilling their ambitions and dreams.
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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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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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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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People want to know about the details of politicians, what they like doing in their spare time, about their families. I think that’s human.
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One of my roles was as a commercial manager for liquid natural gas shipping, project economics and contract negotiation.
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It means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.
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I’d love the job of Chancellor one day.
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Coronavirus may well represent the biggest health crisis any of us experience in our lifetimes.
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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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Trade is critical to us all – it ensures we have what we need to live, that the NHS gets the equipment it needs to save lives, and that developing countries can prosper.
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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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