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

In seats where perhaps we don't expect to win at the next general election, the new infrastructure gives us a chance to win local council seats and to build a campaigning base which could help us to win in the future.

It's only by investing properly in our defense that we can ensure we're properly equipped to face our shared challenges together.

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

A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!

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.