We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought.
The concept of doing something with child benefit, of changing the rules around child benefit, is something that has been being discussed for some time.
People will be able to raise their concerns: what are local officers doing about the drug dealing in the local park? What's happening about the pub where all the trouble is? And the police will have to respond.
Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy.
Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1,000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can't be right.
Targets don't fight crime.
I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.
If the police need more help to do their work, I will not hesitate in granting it to them.
There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.
You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
I'm not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes.
I was looking at a photograph of the 1997 election campaign yesterday, and I thought: 'My God. Did I really have that hairstyle? And that Tory blue suit?'
I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government.
Within the E.U., in a wider context, people are increasingly recognising the need to prevent the abuse of free movement.
People feel that they're being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves.
I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons.
There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums.
People have to make journeys, what we want is people to have alternatives in public transport so that they can make a choice about the sort of way in which they're going to travel.
Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.
I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.
