John Healey: “The conflict affects our national security, our UK bases, personnel and allies in the Middle East.”

5% represented a 'reasonable ceiling' on the tax.

It is not progressive to allow a bigger and bigger benefits bill, and a system which offers an income but doesn't offer a future.

The money New Labour had in the nineties is simply not there now.

These times demand of us a greater resolve, a greater determination and a greater hope.