One of the big problems we have in this country is that not enough people understand how important it is to save, understand the details of credit card statements, to be able to compare different APRs and the like. I support the idea.

British taxpayers should not bear the costs of problems in the Eurozone.

I didn't come from a traditional Tory background; it was urban and metropolitan.

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.

The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.

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.

Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.