The BBC is locked to the reading of the economy that is run out of Ed Miliband and Ed Balls' office. They think if only you spend and borrow more money you can create growth everywhere.
From Iain Duncan Smith
Government cannot do it all. As we work hard to break welfare dependency and get young people ready for the labour market, we need businesses to give them a chance and not just fall back on labour from abroad.
I hate this argument that says little Britain or something outside, or Britain is part of a wider Europe. We can both be within our trading relationships within Europe but we can also be a fantastic global trader.
We have to challenge the whole idea that it's acceptable for a society like Britain to have such a significant number of people who do not work one day of the week and don't have any possibility of improving the quality of their lives.
Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available.
Look, I've always said from the word go many years ago that I felt the whole bonus culture, they need to think very carefully about being detached from the rest of the British public.
We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for children.
There are few more powerful tools for promoting stability than the institution of marriage.
I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that.
Every parent wants to know that their children are protected against those who have a particular agenda until they get old enough to make decisions for themselves.
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