When you’re taking the country through difficult times and difficult decisions you’ve got to take the country with you. That means permanently trying to make the argument that what you’re doing is fair and seen to be fair.

I want to be the voice of change and hope. I want to confront the big challenges this country faces.

Just as I believe that Britain should want to remain in the EU so the EU should want us to stay.

The murders in Paris are sickening, we stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press.

In a race for limited resources, it is the energy efficient that will win the race

We are a great country, and whatever choice we make we will still be great. But I believe the choice is between being an even greater Britain inside a reformed EU or a great leap into the unknown.

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.