Well obviously the economy is critical to everything we do and we need to get the economy back in shape, the deficit down, the debt paid off, so that the economy can grow again and grow properly.

We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.

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

You cannot stop what the public want. The public want two strong women in the final round and then a woman prime minister and I'm absolutely with that.

My personal view is always I'm in favour of anything that gives parliament a greater say. That's after all what we were elected for.

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 financial costs of family breakdown are incredibly high.