Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can't afford a home to buy.

Brexit is for the richest in our country: they can afford recessions.

Unless they have disabilities to cope with, no family should get more from living on benefits than the average family gets from going out to work. No more open-ended chequebook.

The Conservative party is at its strongest when it's not the party that says there is no role for government and the state should just get out of the way. That is not a strand of Conservative thinking that, by itself, is enough.

This is a financial burden, which frankly I cannot afford.

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.