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

What's interesting is whilst Shanghai has gone stellar - literally, in these massive buildings which have appeared since I first visited - Beijing has become a much more vibrant and interesting place. A lot more business is done here.

Our first benchmark is to cut the deficit more quickly to safeguard Britain’s credit rating. I know that we are taking a political gamble to set this up as a measure of success. Protecting the credit rating will not be easy The pace of fiscal consolidation will be co-ordinated with monetary policy. And we will protect Britain's credit rating and international reputation.

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

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

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

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