The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility.

I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which they have created.

One of the things I know about the European Union is that the European Union can destroy jobs.

They [British people] told us to restore democratic control of immigration policy and to spend their money on national priorities such as health, education and science instead of giving it to Brussels.

Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent.

Learning a foreign language, and the culture that goes with it, is one of the most useful things we can do to broaden the empathy and imaginative sympathy and cultural outlook of children.

I am delighted by the support I have received from colleagues. It reflects the optimistic message that I've been putting forward.