It's true across the U.K. that those who had least to do with causing the economic crisis are carrying the heaviest burden. That's unacceptable.

I'm pretty proud of having completed a marathon myself, so I can only imagine the pride that real athletes feel when they are picked for the Olympic or the Paralympic Games.

The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?

Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.

I've got a very deep and abiding passion about education being far more than buildings and textbooks; it's what children bring into school with them.

If I have learned one thing in life, it is never to take any man's own estimate of himself. He could very well be mistaken.

My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best for my family. It is not a contest between the two.