I think we’ve got caught up in the weeds of Brexit, and… the approach has been to try and compromise and split the difference. And that to me is not what Brexit is about.
LIZ TRUSSLet’s cut the top rates of stamp duty to enable more movement to take place and also looking at the broader tax reform, simplifying our tax system.
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Economics and finance is the final frontier for women; it’s the last thing they will conquer because controlling finance is at the heart of everything in government.
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From Brompton bikes in Australia to Bentleys in the US – the world wants what Britain has to sell.
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Leaving the European Union really does give us a chance as a country to become more outward-looking, to become more competitive, and to deepen our links with our partners right across the world.
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Election campaigns always have to have colour and excitement and interest.
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All of my parents’ friends worked in public sector jobs.
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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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Parliament should start earlier in the day and finish earlier. Otherwise I love it.
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I agree. It is vital we keep taxes low and the size of the state in check, to allow people to spend more of their own money.
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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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It’s a merger of home life and work life. They aren’t that separate, I must confess, and my daughters know an awful lot about childcare reform now because of it.
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I have been the only female minister in every government department I’ve worked in.
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As Trade Secretary I see the world is waiting. The Australians, the Americans, the Kiwis, the Japanese.
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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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Except this time, there will be no choice and nowhere to turn when things go wrong.
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We had meetings throughout the day and the girls had to play outside the office while mummy went to ‘boring’ meetings.
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