I am not going to make decisions based on barricades and blockades, nor am I going to make decisions based on the short-term volatility of the oil price.
The vision of personalised public services – meeting the individual needs of all our citizens – requires continuing reform in the way services are delivered
America knows it has got to deal with its deficit problems so that it, too, can promise it is making its proper and best contributions to the world economy.
On this day I remember words that have stayed with me since my childhood and which matter a great deal to me today, my school motto: “I will try my outmost”. This is my promise to all of the people of Britain and now let the work of change begin.
Our new economic approach is rooted in ideas which stress the importance of macro-economics, post neo-classical endogenous growth theory and the symbiotic relationships between growth and investment, and people and infrastructure.
Good strong banks are essential for every family and for every business in the country and extraordinary times call for the bold and far-reaching solutions that the Treasury has announced today.
I understand that in the UK there have already been 10,000 complaints from viewers about these remarks, which people see, rightly, as offensive. I want Britain to be seen as a country of fairness and tolerance. Anything detracting from this I condemn.