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 TRUSSAs Chief Secretary to the Treasury, my first responsibility is to the taxpayer.
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It’s almost 10 years since the 2008 crisis, but we all still remember the consequences of ignoring threats to the public finances.
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As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, my first responsibility is to the taxpayer.
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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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If I do feel scared I deliberately challenge myself not to feel scared.
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I’m very concerned that a lot of our land is being taken up with solar farms.
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I hate rodents. I mean, the House of Commons is completely infested. I will stand on a chair if I see one of the things.
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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 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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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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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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When I left university I got a job with Shell on their graduate scheme.
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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 fact that Australians want to come and live and work in Britain, and Brits want to come and live and work in Australia.
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Our public services and the great people who work in them are improving lives.
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Britain has always been at its most successful when it’s a trading nation.
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