We want people to have a stake in the British economy so I am in favour of actually encouraging people to have small shareholdings and feel they've got a stake in our economic future.

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

China is absolutely one of the biggest players in the world and if Britain wants to be connected to the world it has to be connected to China.

There is a big problem. The problem is the country borrowed too much. We went on a borrowing binge, there was a housing boom. You want to help people de-leverage and deal with those debts over time.

I'm fed up with Britain being condemned to this future where we borrow the Chinese in order to buy from the Chinese the things that they make for us.

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

I reject absolutely the idea that people should know their place, and know their class.