Britain is China's best partner in the West.

Well look, no one takes pleasure from people making money out of the misery of others, but that is a function of capitalist markets.

I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone.

I think it is absolutely central to our economic plan as a country not only that we put our own house in order but that we better connect ourselves with other parts of the world, particularly the faster growing parts of the world.

Britain cannot afford to cut itself off from what is going on in the world, we are too interconnected with what is going on, we have a powerful history and tradition of taking an interest in what is going on in the world, we've also got a very real interest in the future, in remaining connected.

What makes people angry and we are on the side of hard-working people who want to get on in life and they see how government is wasting their money.

Every day as Chancellor I see alerts telling me of risks around the world.