I think there’s a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.
LIZ TRUSSAll of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
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When we’ve looked into trying to find a full daycare place in London it’s just been impossible. You just cannot get one.
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Traditionally, Conservatives have argued that low taxes are a route to self-determination.
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In Westminster, we can sometimes forget just how much the public hate their money being wasted.
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We have lots of roadside stands in Norfolk where you can just pick up vegetables that people have grown in their garden and put the money in a pot.
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The young people I meet want more freedom – to start firms, keep more of what they earn, and move to areas with opportunities without paying a fortune.
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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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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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As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I aim to be the disrupter in chief.
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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 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.
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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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No one knows their place, no one fears failure and no one is ashamed of success.
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Our public services and the great people who work in them are improving lives.
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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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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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Britain is a nation of Uber-riding, Deliveroo-eating, Airbnb-ing freedom fighters.
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Taking control of our laws border and money, run not by a bunch of overpaid bureaucrats in Brussels but by a bunch of overpaid bureaucrats in Britain. That ladies and gentlemen is a dream worth fighting for.
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From better access to American markets for our beef and lamb farmers, to cutting tariffs on dairy products like cheese, which are up to 17 per cent, there are significant opportunities for UK farming.
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I am delighted to be at the heart of this team of radical reformers in Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Nick Boles and many others. It’s a team I believe will deliver the change Britain needs.
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Britain has always been at its most successful when it’s a trading nation.
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I believe one of the main roles of Government is to keep our economy free and fair.
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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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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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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 want to challenge those who aim to block change, stop development and restrict success. I want to challenge the caution that strangles risk-takers and go-getters.
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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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