Once government's objectives were economic growth and social cohesion. Now they are prosperity, fairness and environmental care

We've got to be explicit that the road to greater economic success does not lie in this cosy assumption that you can move from a single market through a single currency to harmonising all your taxes and then having a federal fiscal policy and then effectively having a federal state.

Britain was set to repeat the boom-bust cycle that led to 15 per cent. interest rates for one whole year in the early 1990s.

The IIFA Weekend has my unprecedented support. The relationship between India and the UK is long standing and one we would like to keep developing forever.

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

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.

In the weeks and months ahead, my task is to show I have the new ideas, the vision and the experience to earn the trust of the British people.