As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I aim to be the disrupter in chief.
LIZ TRUSSI 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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I campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.
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Opinion polls show that millennials are focused, aspirational and entrepreneurial.
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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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One of my roles was as a commercial manager for liquid natural gas shipping, project economics and contract negotiation.
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The British brand is so popular particularly in the US that they put the union jack flag on top of beer bottles because it sells.
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Free-flow play is not compulsory, but there is a belief across lots of nurseries that it is.
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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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We’re trendsetters, first to welcome brilliant inventions into our lives, from the microwave meal to Instagram.
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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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When we’ve looked into trying to find a full daycare place in London it’s just been impossible. You just cannot get one.
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As Trade Secretary I see the world is waiting. The Australians, the Americans, the Kiwis, the Japanese.
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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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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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It’s vital to our economic mission that we fight vested interests, and make sure our country’s opportunities are open to everyone – big or small, north or south, man or woman.
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I’ve been anxious but not depressed. I’m an incorrigible optimist.
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Our future lies in being a high skilled, high innovation, free enterprise nation.
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Parliament should start earlier in the day and finish earlier. Otherwise I love it.
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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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We have lots of roadside stands in Norfolk where you can just pick up vegetables that people have grown in their garden and put the money in a pot.
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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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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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I am quite bolshy, sometimes. I like to get my own way, lets put it like that.
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It means I have a responsibility to make sure that all public spending is justified.
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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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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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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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