The free market is fundamentally humane and democratic, driven by ideas and millions of individual choices about what to do with our money which defy those who benefit from the status quo.
LIZ TRUSSWhat you notice in French nurseries is just how calm they are. All of their classes are structured and led by teachers. It’s a requirement.
More Liz Truss Quotes
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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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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 campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.
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Traditionally, Conservatives have argued that low taxes are a route to self-determination.
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In other countries you can do high-level maths or general maths, whereas we’ve just got all-or-nothing.
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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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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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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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As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, my first responsibility is to the taxpayer.
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All of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
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Opinion polls show that millennials are focused, aspirational and entrepreneurial.
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I have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There’s no sense of purpose.
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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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I didn’t become a Tory just to become part of a managerial group who wanted to run the country…
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From the coffee bars of Camden to the gin joints of Norfolk – across Britain, a revolution is brewing. And no, it’s not John McDonnell’s bitter socialist hooch. It’s a generation growing up with an entirely different view of the world – free thinking, optimistic and hungry for success.
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We want a fully comprehensive trade deal that reflects our deep, ongoing relationship, the friendship between our two countries.
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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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I’m saying the excessive focus on what gender a person is, rather than what they do, does a disservice to women.
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And certainly having gone to Oxford, and seen some of the other students there, I wouldn’t say the ones at my school were less capable. They could’ve been there.
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Trade is critical to us all – it ensures we have what we need to live, that the NHS gets the equipment it needs to save lives, and that developing countries can prosper.
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I feel I’ve come home at the Treasury.
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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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Our aim should be to give the British people greater control of their lives in all regards.
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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 won’t want powers being handed back from bureaucrats in Brussels to be given to bureaucrats in Britain.
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When I left university I got a job with Shell on their graduate scheme.
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