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.

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.

You cannot tackle Britain's debts without tackling the unreformed welfare system.

The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too that at a time of real international instability we are a safe haven in the storm.

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.

We can help people. We have got to move this economy from its over-dependence on debt. People should have manageable debts, a manageable mortgage.