I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair.

I was shocked to see that some of the very wealthiest people in the country have organised their tax affairs, and to be fair it's within the tax laws, so that they were regularly paying virtually no income tax. And I don't think that's right.

I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.

I think Britain needs to get out there on the world stage and make itself heard. And for much of my political career, there has been a sense of retreat from the world stage because of what happened in the Iraq War.

The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.

Let's also teach people about pensions and savings, insurance and the like. But if they aren't already familiar with numbers that won't be as effective as it might be.

The rise in world oil prices has been larger than anyone forecast.