Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts.

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

Everyone in our society has had to make a contribution towards dealing with the debts.

Autism is a very serious condition.

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.

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.

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.