I am determined to change the UK’s economic model so that public services are run in the public interest with more workers brought back in-house

The age of outsourcing is over.

We’re protecting families and businesses from rising costs, with cuts in energy bills and freezes in fuel duty and rail fares.

While the war in the Middle East pushes prices up globally, we have got the right economic plan and inflation has held steady.

The choices I have made as Chancellor mean our economy is in a stronger position to deal with the costs of the war.

Before the conflict in the Middle East, growth was higher than expected and inflation was falling. This is not a war we wanted or joined, but one that will have an impact at home.

We are in a constrained fiscal world, and I think we’ll be honest about that, and we’re going to have to spend more on defence.

Call me old fashioned but I think governments should stick to a manifesto on which they were elected. That's what we are going to do.

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…

Who knows what the future holds but we were elected on a manifesto that said we wouldn't be joining the single market, customs union and free movement.

a delivery vehicle with the powers, the governance, and the mandate to unlock strategic sites and to accelerate growth.

If we get this right, working together, this corridor will not just compete globally, it will lead globally. We can do that together.