It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain's national interest that the EU should succeed.

The U.K. needs a system for family migration underpinned by three simple principles. One: that those who come here should do so on the basis of a genuine relationship. Two: that migrants should be able to pay their way. And three: that they are able to integrate into British society.

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.

I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.

The days of Britain and America intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over.

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

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...