I'm a father; that's what matters most. Nothing matters more.

The doubling of oil prices ... is creating a more difficult environment in which to act.

The place of cycling in our society is set to grow, and I am committed to doing everything possible to encourage that.

I did maths for a year at university. I don't think I was very good at it. And some people would say it shows.

Rigorous financial discipline that, together with monetary stability, ends once and for all the boom and bust that for 30 years has undermined stability

Sometimes it takes a crisis for people to agree that what is obvious and should have been done years ago, can no longer be postponed. We must create a new international financial architecture for the global age.

We are being tough in saying it is a duty on the unemployed in future not only to be available for work - and not to shirk work - but also to get the skills for work. That is a new duty we are introducing.