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.
LIZ TRUSSKitchen-table start-ups and local entrepreneurs will find they have major new opportunities opened to them, as they gain easier and quicker access for their goods and services into one of the world’s largest markets.
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I think we’ve got caught up in the weeds of Brexit, and… the approach has been to try and compromise and split the difference. And that to me is not what Brexit is about.
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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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We had meetings throughout the day and the girls had to play outside the office while mummy went to ‘boring’ meetings.
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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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People want to start businesses because it’s a way of fulfilling their ambitions and dreams.
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It’s a merger of home life and work life. They aren’t that separate, I must confess, and my daughters know an awful lot about childcare reform now because of it.
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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 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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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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Every pound that comes into the Exchequer was earned by someone through hard work, and could have been used for a new car, a holiday or a treat for the children.
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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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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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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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Britain is the ideas factory of the world and has huge potential to benefit from the next technological revolution.
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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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