Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.

Think of how we challenged the impression that we taxed for its own sake and that we were hostile to business. We were right to change.

The new generation of Labour is different. Different attitudes, different ideas, different ways of doing politics.

In good times, people turn to Left wing parties, in bad times, they say, well, possibly Left-wing parties can't make those tough decisions... We've got to buck that trend

We can only converse if we can speak the same language. So if we are going to build One Nation, we need to start with everyone in Britain knowing how to speak English.

I suppose not everyone has a dad who wrote a book saying he didn't believe in the Parliamentary road to socialism.

The transition to a low-carbon economy will be one of the defining issues of the 21st century. This plan sets out a route-map for the UK's transition from here to 2020...every business, every community will need to be involved. Together we can create a more secure, more prosperous low carbon Britain and a world which is sustainable for future generations.