I campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.
LIZ TRUSSAs Chief Secretary to the Treasury, my first responsibility is to the taxpayer.
More Liz Truss Quotes
-
-
I am delighted to be at the heart of this team of radical reformers in Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Nick Boles and many others. It’s a team I believe will deliver the change Britain needs.
LIZ TRUSS -
Brexit has energised millions of people, young and old, to take part in our democracy and that’s a great thing.
LIZ TRUSS -
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.
LIZ TRUSS -
From Brompton bikes in Australia to Bentleys in the US – the world wants what Britain has to sell.
LIZ TRUSS -
Britain and the US remain the Wild West for ideas, where pioneers push each other towards ever greater heights in the white heat of free enterprise.
LIZ TRUSS -
Parliament should start earlier in the day and finish earlier. Otherwise I love it.
LIZ TRUSS -
Labour want to control all parts of the economy and society so that they can pursue the politics of envy. It would leave us all paying higher taxes and the economy in tatters.
LIZ TRUSS -
I’m very concerned that a lot of our land is being taken up with solar farms.
LIZ TRUSS -
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.
LIZ TRUSS -
Election campaigns always have to have colour and excitement and interest.
LIZ TRUSS -
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.
LIZ TRUSS -
The young people I meet want more freedom – to start firms, keep more of what they earn, and move to areas with opportunities without paying a fortune.
LIZ TRUSS -
They all want us to get Brexit done so that we can begin negotiations and forge new relationships that will open up new markets for British businesses, create jobs and attract new investment.
LIZ TRUSS -
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.
LIZ TRUSS -
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.
LIZ TRUSS