Too many people are stuck on sickness benefits because of issues that could be addressed but instead are not, some have drug or alcohol problems, but refuse treatment. In other cases, people have problems with their weight that could be addressed, but instead a life on benefits rather than work becomes the choice.

If we are going to try to get across to the poorest people in the world that we care about their plight and we want them to join one world with the rest of us, we have got to make promises and keep promises.

Nelson Mandela was a towering figure in our time; a legend in life and now in death - a true global hero.

Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the right way, too.

We spend billions of pounds on welfare, yet millions are trapped on welfare. It's not worth their while going into work.

We're all agreed that climate change is one of the greatest and most daunting challenges of our age. We have a moral imperative to act and act now.

Britain is characterized not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness.