Children in dysfunctional homes at risk of abuse are kept in danger for too long because politically correct rules mean we won't challenge unfit parents.

I want there to be an open and positive debate about the path the country will now take. Whatever the verdict of that debate I will respect it.

I believed we needed someone who would be able to build a team, lead and unite. I hoped that person would be Boris Johnson.

Now that Britain has voted to leave, I think the country deserves to have a leader who believes in Britain outside the European Union and who also has experience at the highest level of government.

The challenges facing Britain required not just a cool head, but a heart burning with the desire for change - not business as usual but a bold vision.

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 will do everything that is required in order to bring immigration down to a level that is manageable, that the public believe is right.