Warm congratulations to my friend Barack Obama. Look forward to continuing to work together.

Today the main, over-riding purpose of the European Union is different: not to win peace, but to secure prosperity.

Britain is not in the single currency, and we're not going to be. But we all need the eurozone to have the right governance and structures to secure a successful currency for the long term.

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

I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not trying to create the perfect democracy. We're never going to create some ideal society. We are simply there for our own national security.

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.

Britain is characterised not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness. We have always been a country that reaches out. That turns its face to the world.