Esther McVey
Esther McVey

I, for one, want to make sure we give every young person the chance to find the fuel for their confidence, something that will power their ambition.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

People no longer have one job for life, so it is right that younger generations adapt.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

What you've seen from the 1980s, particularly in this country, is far fewer people doing Saturday jobs and doing jobs after school.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

Work experience for many is their first taste of work and an essential first step into the jobs market.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

Growing up with a bold feminist in my mother, I witnessed her march magnificently from mini to maxi, fashions so obviously linked to powerful statements of female progression, equality and recognition. I knew no other than freedom of expression in all the forms it came in; art, theatre, fashion, literature and music.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

What does a teacher do in a school? A teacher would tell you off or give you lines or whatever it is, detentions, but at the same times, they are wanting your best interests at heart. They are teaching you, they are educating you, but at the same time, they will also have the ability to sanction you.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

Outside Westminster, political debate must seem like white noise that bears little relevance to people's everyday lives. But political choices made by the governments we elect have a real impact on how we live.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

Only three per cent of people are born with a disability; the rest acquire it through accident or illness, but people come out of it. Thanks to medical advances, bodies heal.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

Success isn't anything to do with being lucky. It's knowing what you want, taking the necessary action, and believing you can achieve anything you set your mind to.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

There is a whole host of people that have got an accent like mine, whether they're from Merseyside or Wales or the North West.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

When we cannot find enough extra money for policing, yet we are having huge sums to other countries in aid, it is time to start a serious conversation.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

David Cameron, and before him Iain Duncan Smith, went out of their way to attract women into the party. Yes, we need to sell politics to more women, but quotas are not the way forward. You set a quota, what is the right quota? What is the wrong quota?

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

To think that we are all the same and going to follow the same journey, that is wrong. We are going to support and liberate people, to give people as many opportunities to succeed as possible without being prescriptive.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

Politicians themselves, every one of us, has a responsibility to make sure that we send out a message that it is a good place to work, that it is positive, that you are transforming people's lives.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

Life is not a theoretical problem to be solved in class.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

Politics has to be a place where women want to go.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

We never have been closed to immigration.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

Lifelong learning is becoming commonplace, with people studying at different times when they see the benefits of doing so.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

Universal Credit claimants who refuse to accept a zero hours contract job offer, without good reason, can be subject to a sanction.

Esther McVey
Esther McVey

Part of the Brexit debate was about control, having a say over our laws and money and letting politicians stand up for what the people voted for, not signing away our sovereignty.