My favourite sport at school was rugby. All sports are teamwork, but rugby particularly is about teamwork and I think teamwork is the essence of this.

I am not going to make decisions based on barricades and blockades, nor am I going to make decisions based on the short-term volatility of the oil price.

I think that's a bit unfair. I'm a father with a 2-year-old child and I feel pretty young, actually.

In 2005 we have a once in a generation opportunity to deliver a modern Marshall plan for the developing world.

The vision of personalised public services - meeting the individual needs of all our citizens - requires continuing reform in the way services are delivered

We are entering an era in which national government, instead of directing, enables powerful regional and local initiatives to work, where Britain becomes as it should be - a Britain of nations and regions.

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