The rules that the United States introduce will be obviously be rules for the United States, but I'm very clear about the opportunities I expect everyone in the UK to have. I will be representing the interests of everyone in the UK on a whole range of things we will talk about.

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...

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

Communities need to feel that they can accommodate people. Rather than feeling that it's not possible to integrate and that the stress and strain on housing and public services is too great.

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 am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.

On gay adoption I have changed my mind.