I can tell you I'm pretty middle-class.

There's no excuse, it's just an opportunity that presented in a limited way and that happened and as soon as the press rang me I didn't deny it I just said 'that's it' and I had to go home and explain it.

My department is not too big for one man, because I'm Superman.

It's moving in the right direction. It was in decline under the previous administration.

Labour economic stability has replaced Tory boom and bust

The Green Belt is a Labour achievement - and we mean to build on it.

I don't get a fair whack, I don't pursue vendettas or punch people on the nose.