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.

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.

Each time I come it's amazing to watch the development of this incredible country [China].

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

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

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

I get a lot of letters from people.