I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated.

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.

I think it is absolutely central to our economic plan as a country not only that we put our own house in order but that we better connect ourselves with other parts of the world, particularly the faster growing parts of the world.

I believe in public services.

I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.

You know the illusion of the cheap money is over and now Britain has to go out there and graft and earn its way and create wealth and prosperity in a very competitive world.

[Banks] have a clear obligation to help get this country off its addiction to debt because they sure as hell helped to get this country addicted to debt.