I love Britain. It really worries me, the prospect of Ed Miliband propped up by Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP and what that could do to our country. It’s absolutely right that we highlight to voters that potential risk.
LIZ TRUSSAnd 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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I don’t like tokenism. I don’t like the idea that somebody should just appear at a press conference or in a media interview because they are a woman.
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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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I’d love the job of Chancellor one day.
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What 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.
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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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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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In other countries you can do high-level maths or general maths, whereas we’ve just got all-or-nothing.
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If John McDonnell nationalised whole industries, they would be quickly taken over by bureaucrats more concerned about their careers than about customers.
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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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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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Maintaining confidence in international trade will be critical to the broader economic recovery in the post-Covid world.
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Women need to be less squeamish about making money.
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We spent a lot of time talking about politics at home. We went to the camp at Greenham Common.
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Our public services and the great people who work in them are improving lives.
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