As Trade Secretary I see the world is waiting. The Australians, the Americans, the Kiwis, the Japanese.
LIZ TRUSSAs Chief Secretary to the Treasury, my first responsibility is to the taxpayer.
More Liz Truss Quotes
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I’m a big fan of political editor Allegra Stratton.
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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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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.
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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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And after Brexit, we will be free to determine our economic future, with control over our money, laws and borders.
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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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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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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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Britain has always been at its most successful when it’s a trading nation.
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If we just had an election which is a kind of desiccated calculation, obviously I think the Conservatives have the best economic plans, but it is about more than that. It is about the overall person.
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No one knows their place, no one fears failure and no one is ashamed of success.
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Women are not going to start businesses because we tell them we don’t have enough people of a certain group.
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I’m proud to say like many of my colleagues in the Conservative Party I am fully behind Theresa May’s Brexit plans.
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Leaving the European Union really does give us a chance as a country to become more outward-looking, to become more competitive, and to deepen our links with our partners right across the world.
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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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