The first duty of any Government is to keep the country safe and I think everybody recognises that and can see - whether it's the Middle East or Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine - that these global events have a real impact here at home and we need to make sure we are properly able to defend ourselves and our allies, because it's people at home that pay the price for that global insecurity.
Stating the government's responsibility for national security.
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But look at the big picture, look at the plan, look at the strategy that I have been pursuing, and that strategy was to return stability to the economy, to enable interest rates to come down.
In the age of insecurity in which we live, the economic strength of our country rests on strategic alliances, and no alliance is more important to us than our relationship with the European Union.
Stability restored, investment delivered and reform to our economy under way. I said when I was appointed Chancellor that I would judge my time in office if the lives ordinary working class people have been improved. I’m proud to say that…
I am absolutely certain if we could go back two years, there are choices that I made that would be different.
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