We spend billions of pounds on welfare, yet millions are trapped on welfare. It's not worth their while going into work.

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On the one hand we have got to ask, are there some areas of universal...

On the one hand we have got to ask, are there some areas of universal...

We will say to people that if you can work, and if you want to...

We will say to people that if you can work, and if you want to...

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it,...

If you can work and if you're offered a job and you don't take it,...

We cannot go on as we are with 2.6 million people on incapacity benefit, 500,000...

We cannot go on as we are with 2.6 million people on incapacity benefit, 500,000...

We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more...

We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more...

I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do...

I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do...

It is vital that we get these policies right as we take forward our plans...

It is vital that we get these policies right as we take forward our plans...

Cap the well, yes. Clear up the mess, yes. Make compensation - yes, absolutely. But...

Cap the well, yes. Clear up the mess, yes. Make compensation - yes, absolutely. But...

What we're putting forward is the most radical reform of the welfare state... for 60...

What we're putting forward is the most radical reform of the welfare state... for 60...

But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people...

But we will say something else. That for far too long in this country, people...

There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers...

There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers...

At a time when we're having to take such difficult decisions about how to cut...

At a time when we're having to take such difficult decisions about how to cut...

I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much,...

I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much,...

I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers.

I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers.