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

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

Britain has no divine right to be one of the richest countries in the world.

One big theme for me is that we have got to move from an economy built on debt to one where we save and invest in the future.

You need to have a state pension that doesn't drag more and more people into means-testing each year and make it very difficult for people on low to medium term incomes to save and not see their savings clawed away.

Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.

Britain is China's best partner in the West.