Whatever new arrangements are enacted for the Eurozone, they must work fairly for those inside it and out.

There are some people who seem to think that the way you reduce the cost of living in this country is for the state to spend more and more taxpayers' money. It is as if somehow you measure the compassion of the government by the amount of other people's money it can spend.

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it, you cannot continue to claim benefits. It will be extremely tough.

Complex rules restricting our labour markets are not some naturally occurring phenomenon. Just as excessive regulation is not some external plague that's been visited on our businesses.

I am not a British isolationist. I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too.

I've always said, not giving too much away, I'm a believer in having all your stars on the pitch.

If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for a proper, reasoned debate. At the end of that debate you, the British people, will decide.