I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.

If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth.

Put on top of that the fact that the whole world is looking at Britain and saying how is this country going to pay its way in the future. They are looking at other countries like Greece who can't pay their way in the future and you see savage spending cuts, big cuts in pay.

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.

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

No other chancellor in the long history of the office has felt the need to pass a law in order to convince people he has the political will to implement his own Budget.

Whether [people] run their own business, work for a business, go out there, pay their taxes and see the money wasted, fed up with the money going to the next door neighbor sitting permanently on out of work benefits. There needs to be a coalition of change.