Political Quotes

The Treasury still often sees defence as a drain on public spending and not the driver of economic growth that we've demonstrated in two years.

readying Britain for an uncertain world was the "duty of our political generation".

This means that it will be something for Andy Burnham as a short-term challenge.

I appreciate how hard this is for cabinet colleagues and I am very grateful to those who support what is required, but not all needs to be done by cutbacks elsewhere