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?

After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.

Well football teams are perhaps easier to control than political parties, I'm sure the Prime Minister would agree with me, but yeah I think every team needs discipline and a sense of self-belief and that's important, that's what leadership's all about.

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

Too many couples break up without understanding the consequences for their families.

I do not believe the picture that some people paint of Scottish towns dependent on welfare. Every time I come here, I meet people who are determined to get into work. Who, with the right help are desperate to get off benefits, support their family and set an example for their children.

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.