I Get A Lot Of

A Generous Basic State Pension Is The Least A Civilized Society Should Offer Those Who Have Worked Hard And Saved Through Their Whole Lives.

Our First Benchmark Is To Cut The Deficit More Quickly To Safeguard Britain’s Credit Rating. I Know That We Are Taking A Political Gamble To Set This Up As A Measure Of Success. Protecting The Credit Rating Will Not Be Easy The Pace Of Fiscal Consolidation Will Be Co-ordinated With Monetary Policy. And We Will Protect Britain's Credit Rating And International Reputation.

I Get A Lot Of Letters From People.

Britain Is Not Part Of The Single Currency. That Is A Decision We Have Taken, A Voluntary Decision Of This Country, But As A Result Are Part Of A European Union 19 Of Whose Members Are Rapidly Integrating, Creating Political, Fiscal, Monetary, Economic Union To Make Their Currency Work. And That Is Increasingly Rubbing Up Against The Operation.

Britain Wants The Single Currency To Be A Success. It Is Massively In Our Interests That We Have A Stable Financial System On Our Doorstep.