I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.

The concept of doing something with child benefit, of changing the rules around child benefit, is something that has been being discussed for some time.

National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.

I'm a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.

Nobody can guarantee the real terms per pupil funding increase. In the Labour party's manifesto we know the figures don't add up.

Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.

Britain and the United States are, and will remain, strong and close partners on trade, security and defence.