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.

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.

Aspiration, it seems, is in danger of becoming the preserve of the wealthy.

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.

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

Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?

Look, I've always said from the word go many years ago that I felt the whole bonus culture, they need to think very carefully about being detached from the rest of the British public.