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

It is not fair that people who are born in the UK to parents who are domiciled here, can later in life claim to be non-doms and live here, it is not fair that non-doms with residential property here in the UK can put it in an offshore company and avoid inheritance tax.

The Conservative Party mustn't sound like the old man on the park bench who says things were better in 1985, or 1955, or 1855.

We need to think deeply about whether we can sustain banks that are not only too big to fail, but potentially too big to bail.

Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.

I get a lot of letters from people.

I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.