A biography for Liz Trusshasn’t been written yet.
“I was Margaret Thatcher in the school election during the 1983 General Election.”
“I've been anxious but not depressed. I'm an incorrigible optimist.”
“Free-flow play is not compulsory, but there is a belief across lots of nurseries that it is. I have seen too many chaotic settings, where children are running around. There's no sense of purpose.”
“Election campaigns always have to have colour and excitement and interest. People want to know about the details of politicians, what they like doing in their spare time, about their families. I think that's human.”
“I'm a big fan of political editor Allegra Stratton.”
“I hate rodents. I mean, the House of Commons is completely infested. I will stand on a chair if I see one of the things.”
“When I started my ministerial job I brought my daughters into the Department, due to last-minute childcare complications. We had meetings throughout the day and the girls had to play outside the office while mummy went to 'boring' meetings.”
“Women need to be less squeamish about making money.”
“The British brand is so popular particularly in the US that they put the union jack flag on top of beer bottles because it sells.”
“When I left university I got a job with Shell on their graduate scheme. One of my roles was as a commercial manager for liquid natural gas shipping, project economics and contract negotiation.”
“Kitchen-table start-ups and local entrepreneurs will find they have major new opportunities opened to them, as they gain easier and quicker access for their goods and services into one of the world's largest markets.”
“We are working hard at home and on the international stage to further identify the problems on the horizon and to ensure we reboot trade post-Covid-19.”
“I'm saying the excessive focus on what gender a person is, rather than what they do, does a disservice to women.”
“People won't want powers being handed back from bureaucrats in Brussels to be given to bureaucrats in Britain. Our aim should be to give the British people greater control of their lives in all regards.”
“With Anglo-American capitalism increasingly under attack, those who believe in the power of free markets and enterprise to create wealth and social progress must stand up and be counted and champion our way of life.”
“Leaving the European Union really does give us a chance as a country to become more outward-looking, to become more competitive, and to deepen our links with our partners right across the world.”
“We have lots of roadside stands in Norfolk where you can just pick up vegetables that people have grown in their garden and put the money in a pot.”
“I feel I've come home at the Treasury.”
“Choice is a national instinct. This capitalist bedrock of our prosperity and security is threatened by a Labour Party that wants to overthrow the whole system.”
“I am delighted to be at the heart of this team of radical reformers in Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Nick Boles and many others. It's a team I believe will deliver the change Britain needs.”