We have supported the banks, they should be supporting the economy now.

I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated.

We will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share.

For example at the moment there is a compulsory requirement to buy an annuity. That is something we would get rid of. It puts some people off saving.

We have to be pretty tough with mortgage companies and say you have got to give people the chance to work out their debts, sort out future mortgages.

Even a China growing at 7% or indeed less is still adding to the world economy an economy equivalent to the UK or more.

Britain should not be forced to make a choice between joining the single currency and leaving the EU, because if we're forced to make that choice we would leave the EU.