When I left university I got a job with Shell on their graduate scheme.
LIZ TRUSSAll of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
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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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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.
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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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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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It is right that people and businesses retain as much of their own money as possible so that they have the freedom to innovate and invest in the future.
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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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When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.
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Britain has always been at its most successful when it’s a trading nation.
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People want to start businesses because it’s a way of fulfilling their ambitions and dreams.
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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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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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We need to give people another option from 16-18. Not everyone is going to want to become a rocket scientist but that doesn’t mean that maths isn’t extremely useful.
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Women need to be less squeamish about making money.
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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.
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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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