Well you know I've attracted a lot of criticism by, for example, suggesting that child benefit should be taken away from higher rate taxpaying families.

Let's also teach people about pensions and savings, insurance and the like. But if they aren't already familiar with numbers that won't be as effective as it might be.

I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.

Why don't we save and invest in our future and start making the things that millions of Chinese consumers are going to want in the future.

There is a big problem. The problem is the country borrowed too much. We went on a borrowing binge, there was a housing boom. You want to help people de-leverage and deal with those debts over time.

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

You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.