At a time when we're having to take such difficult decisions about how to cut back without damaging the things that matter the most, we should strain every sinew to cut error, waste and fraud.

The world economy is more stable than for a generation ... Our hugely sophisticated financial markets match funds with ideas better than ever before.

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

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

But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people who can work, people who are able to work, and people who choose not to work: you cannot go on claiming welfare like you are now.

We need to have a bigger and more significant role for national parliaments. There is not, in my view, a single European demos.

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