I believe it's important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that's what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want.

We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought...

I support selecting as many candidates as early as possible for lots of reasons. First of all I think it is important that every voter - regardless of where they live in the country - should have the opportunity to vote Conservative should they wish.

We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.

I'm not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes.

The internet is changing all forms of communication, and this definitely includes political communication.

The last time Boris Johnson did a deal with the Germans he came back with three nearly new water cannon.