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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.