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

Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.

I want to see genuine talent rewarded.

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.

Britain should not be forced to make a choice between joining the single currency and leaving the EU, because if we're forced to make that choice we would leave the EU.

Well you know I've attracted a lot of criticism by, for example, suggesting that child benefit should be taken away from higher rate taxpaying families.

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.