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

Thankfully, due to the United Kingdom and the commitment of the Westminster government we are able to ensure that money brought in, whether it be from the City of London or from North Sea oil, can be pooled and directed to wherever it is needed most.

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.

With high underemployment - currently over one million part-time workers in the UK want to work more hours - sanctioning clients who cannot increase their hours seems to be both unworkable and unfair.

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.

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

What we want to do is reform the welfare system in the way that Tony Blair talked about 13 years ago but never achieved - a system that was created for the days after the Second World War. That prize is now I think achievable.