The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.

We should be looking at putting a limit on the interest that can be charged on things like store cards.You don't want to end up with totally draconian credit controls but you want some common sense. We want cooling-off periods for store cards so people can't take them out and go straight to the counter and buy things.

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.

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.

The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.

There are those people who don't want change. Well there needs to be a coalition for change amongst the hard-working mainstream majority of the country to crack on and sort out Britain's problems.