By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.

I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one.

In Birmingham, Manchester or Liverpool there are white gangs that share the same backgrounds - they come from broken homes, completely dysfunctional, mums for the most part unable to cope, the fathers of these kids completely not in the scene.

For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place.

Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available.

My view is pensioners don't have the one option that people of working age have. They can't really increase their income, because they are no longer able to work.

The person that takes over needs to have the skills to manage that ... I believe Andrea [Leadsom] has the edge.