I have been the only female minister in every government department I’ve worked in.
LIZ TRUSSWhen I started my ministerial job I brought my daughters into the Department, due to last-minute childcare complications.
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I think every woman in this country will understand what it means to be mansplained to. It happens in everyday life – you know, if you go into a shop, or you’re talking about finance.
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The biggest opportunities from Brexit will come from more trade with the rest of the world.
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In order to retain our position as the dynamic duo of the world, it’s vital that in the UK and US we keep opportunities open for new people and new ideas. And we can never allow our economies to get furred up.
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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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Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell have made no secret of their desire to stamp out individualism and enterprise.
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Kitchen-table start-ups and local entrepreneurs will find they have major new opportunities opened to them, as they gain easier and quicker access for their goods and services into one of the world’s largest markets.
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Britain is the home of economic freedom, with liberty guaranteed by the independence of our state institutions, and an absence of corruption assured by transparency.
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As Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I aim to be the disrupter in chief.
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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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When men call women ambitious they mean pushy.
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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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Labour want to control all parts of the economy and society so that they can pursue the politics of envy. It would leave us all paying higher taxes and the economy in tatters.
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Britain is a nation of Uber-riding, Deliveroo-eating, Airbnb-ing freedom fighters.
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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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Opinion polls show that millennials are focused, aspirational and entrepreneurial.
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