“We need a reduction in the number of households, children and pensione...” — Rachel Reeves Quote

“We need a reduction in the number of households, children and pensioners in poverty, falling levels of problem debt, and higher wages so that fewer people require in-work benefits.”

“Of course there are people who, either because of sickness or disability, can't work, in the short term, and sometimes throughout their lives. That's why it's even more important that we have a system which supports them with dignity and empowers the many disabled people who desperately want to work to do so.”

“And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.”

“In Hollywood, they put the knife in your front; in D.C., they put it in your back. I found far fewer duplicitous people in Hollywood.”

“Why can't you ask people if they want more or fewer Germans or Belgians or Moroccans?”