I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.

To the hard-working people who set a little bit aside each month, to provide for their children, or to fund their own retirement, I say: you should be rewarded not punished.

The low carbon economy is at the leading edge of a structural shift now taking place globally...

Whatever happens in Mogadishu, in Somalia, will happen in Great Britain. We have interlocking interests.

I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people won't believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons.

Elected presidents are for countries.

Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.