What we’re putting forward is the most radical reform of the welfare state… for 60 years. I think it will have a transformative effect in making sure that everyone is better off in work and better off working rather than on benefits.

We all say in our own lives that money isn't everything. Love matters, friendships matter. My relationship with my kids matters. It shouldn't be a giant leap to take that thought and introduce it into political dialogue

The EU must be able to act with the speed and flexibility of a network, not the cumbersome rigidity of a bloc.

You can be walking down the street for a chat, but until you've got the selfie out of the way, people aren't ready to talk.

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

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.

No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum.