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.
LIZ TRUSSEconomics 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 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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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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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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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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When I started my ministerial job I brought my daughters into the Department, due to last-minute childcare complications.
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I want Britain to lead the world in food and farming and to do that we need enough productive agricultural land.
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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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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 agree. It is vital we keep taxes low and the size of the state in check, to allow people to spend more of their own money.
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The free market is fundamentally humane and democratic, driven by ideas and millions of individual choices about what to do with our money which defy those who benefit from the status quo.
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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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Traditionally, Conservatives have argued that low taxes are a route to self-determination.
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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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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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