A good proportion of foreign nationals in jobs in the UK are in semi or low-skilled occupations.

We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people.

I am not going to go round trying to make people say 'Wow!'... I'm not going to play Hollywood lookalikes.

Gang members have invariably grown up in broken, chaotic homes, often experiencing domestic violence; they have truanted from school and many have been formally excluded; and they live in neighbourhoods where worklessness, addiction and crime are rife.

Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.

A system that was originally designed to support the poorest in society is now trapping them in the very condition it was supposed to alleviate.

Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.