I have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There’s no sense of purpose.
LIZ TRUSSIn other countries you can do high-level maths or general maths, whereas we’ve just got all-or-nothing.
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As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, my first responsibility is to the taxpayer.
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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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Opinion polls show that millennials are focused, aspirational and entrepreneurial.
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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 hate rodents. I mean, the House of Commons is completely infested. I will stand on a chair if I see one of the things.
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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 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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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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The fact that Australians want to come and live and work in Britain, and Brits want to come and live and work in Australia.
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I have been the only female minister in every government department I’ve worked in.
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And certainly having gone to Oxford, and seen some of the other students there, I wouldn’t say the ones at my school were less capable. They could’ve been there.
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I want to challenge those who aim to block change, stop development and restrict success. I want to challenge the caution that strangles risk-takers and go-getters.
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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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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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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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All of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
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And after Brexit, we will be free to determine our economic future, with control over our money, laws and borders.
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A UK-Australia trade deal won’t just be a good thing, it’ll be a great thing, for our businesses, for our consumers, for our workers and for our two great countries.
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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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We don’t know what’s around the corner – and we must do everything to ensure we get our country’s debts down, building our resilience so we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past.
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Our aim should be to give the British people greater control of their lives in all regards.
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I was Margaret Thatcher in the school election during the 1983 General Election.
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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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Traditionally, Conservatives have argued that low taxes are a route to self-determination.
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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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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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