It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning.

It's critical that children spend time before they arrive in school in a warm, attractive and inclusive environment, where they can learn through play, master social skills and prepare for formal schooling.

Whatever else I know, I know that if you invest love and care in any individual you can help them to make a difference, to write their own life story.

In order to be able to reduce migration we need to be outside the European Union.

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.

I hope that in the days to come, I'll be able to convince my colleagues that I should be one of the candidates that Conservative party members can choose from.

When I talk to teachers they tell me the things they'd most like from any government are a reduction in bureaucracy, support to help ensure good discipline and a reformed Ofsted.