Let me put it simply, if Britain isn't a member of the EU these investments, these jobs will be going to other countries. That's why Ryanair is campaigning so strongly for Britain to remain in the EU, if Britain leaves the single market Britain may be forced out of the Open Skies regime and airfares and the cost of holidays will rise. That's not speculation, that's a certainty.

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Each time I come it's amazing to watch the development of this incredible country [China].

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It is not fair that people who are born in the UK to parents who are domiciled here, can later in life claim to be non-doms and live here, it is not fair that non-doms with residential property here in the UK can put it in an offshore company and avoid inheritance tax.

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I think you can look at the British economy with confidence.

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Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.

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What's interesting is whilst Shanghai has gone stellar - literally, in these massive buildings which have appeared since I first visited - Beijing has become a much more vibrant and interesting place. A lot more business is done here.

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There are those who are trying to create an anti-business culture in Britain - and we have to stop them. At stake are not pay packages for a few but jobs and prosperity for the many.

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If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government.

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The Conservative party, the modern Conservative party, is on the side of people who want to work hard and get on.

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Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.

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Cutting budget deficits can never be just an exercise in economics.

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I would say I have taken substantive action to make things easier for people.

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I have done everything I can to move Britain out of the financial danger zone.

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I get a lot of letters from people.

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I find China such a fascinating and interesting country. Each time I come back something has changed and it's moved on in leaps and bounds.

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The foundations of a strong economy don't rest alone on the decisions of Chancellors or the spending programmes of government.

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The rise in world oil prices has been larger than anyone forecast.

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Well you know I've attracted a lot of criticism by, for example, suggesting that child benefit should be taken away from higher rate taxpaying families.

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British taxpayers should not bear the costs of problems in the Eurozone.

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I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged.

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I want Britain to be a global financial centre but I want it to be properly regulated.

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