There are a lot of examples where people aren't getting the right information. We could do a lot more with credit card bills so people properly understand that if you pay off the minimum it could take you 41 years to pay off is that right.

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

We support the auto-enrolment but we have our doubts about the way the National Pension Scheme is going to be structured.

We want people to have a stake in the British economy so I am in favour of actually encouraging people to have small shareholdings and feel they've got a stake in our economic future.

I did meet Mickey Mouse in California, and he seems to be writing the Labour party's economic policy at the moment.

You also want to look at how the tax system encourages and rewards pension saving. I have set as an ambition reversing the effects of Gordon Brown's tax raid which heralded the beginning of the age of responsibility. We are looking at some very specific tax measures on how we can encourage saving.

I very much support financial education in schools.