Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich.

We have management questions. On increasing the basic state pension in line with earnings, because we have made a clear promise and said that the increase in the pension age has to be brought forward, that is an affordable and deliverable commitment from the Conservative Party.

Just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor, so it is an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich.

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

Britain wants the single currency to be a success. It is massively in our interests that we have a stable financial system on our doorstep.

I want Britain to be the home of successful competitive and stable financial services.

Britain is China's best partner in the West.