Esther McVey

It's important to know what you can do and what you can't.

— Esther McVey

Leaving the E.U. is an opportunity for our country.

— Esther McVey

This is how I am. I'm happy with my friends, my family, my job.

— Esther McVey

Life is about hard work and getting on with things.

— Esther McVey

You can't underestimate how patriotic the people of this country are.

— Esther McVey

Most people fall upon tough times at some point.

— Esther McVey

My dad started off in scrap metal, real men doing men's jobs.

— Esther McVey

We've got to be as good as our word.

— Esther McVey

Life teaches you it's not where you come from, it's where you get to, and work is exactly the same.

— Esther McVey

I always thought, as I was growing up, that I'd be married with children. That hasn't happened.

— Esther McVey

Lifelong learning is becoming commonplace, with people studying at different times when they see the benefits of doing so.

— Esther McVey

That's what you've got to be to be an MP: a problem solver. How can I help you? How can I engage?…

— Esther McVey

I believe most people in their life will fall upon tough times at some point.

— Esther McVey

The government should only have one voice so the country knows what we stand for, so the world knows what we stand…

— Esther McVey

What you've seen from the 1980s, particularly in this country, is far fewer people doing Saturday jobs and doing jobs after school.

— Esther McVey

People who have been successful in business have a huge amount to offer young people who are just starting out.

— Esther McVey

If feminism was a dress, it would be that essential little black number, reached for in times of need; different for everyone…

— Esther McVey

When I speak to young people around the country, I'm impressed with the confidence and self-assuredness with which they look to the…

— Esther McVey

Outside Westminster, political debate must seem like white noise that bears little relevance to people's everyday lives. But political choices made by…

— Esther McVey

We know that children living in a household with someone in work do better in school, have better educational attainment, and are…

— Esther McVey

David Cameron, and before him Iain Duncan Smith, went out of their way to attract women into the party. Yes, we need…

— Esther McVey

I'm forever being told, and intrinsically understand, that people want to study at different times in their lives, often inspired to do…

— Esther McVey

When we cannot find enough extra money for policing, yet we are having huge sums to other countries in aid, it is…

— Esther McVey

Labour's disastrous legacy and the Conservative success did not happen by accident: it was about the choices each party made, choices that…

— Esther McVey

What does a teacher do in a school? A teacher would tell you off or give you lines or whatever it is,…

— Esther McVey

Growing up with a bold feminist in my mother, I witnessed her march magnificently from mini to maxi, fashions so obviously linked…

— Esther McVey

I come from a background where people have had their own business, where it has been incredibly tough for a long period…

— Esther McVey

Life is not a theoretical problem to be solved in class.

— Esther McVey

Politics has to be a place where women want to go.

— Esther McVey

One of my best friends was the first U.K. female fighter pilot.

— Esther McVey

We never have been closed to immigration.

— Esther McVey

I have had long relationships but have never married.

— Esther McVey

People shouldn't have to lose their accents to get a fair crack at the whip at a job or move up within…

— Esther McVey

I want to give the message that anyone can succeed given the opportunity.

— Esther McVey

My dissertation focused on the character traits and personality types of successful women.

— Esther McVey

First and foremost, we have to ensure that we have to get our own kids ready for work so that employers want…

— Esther McVey

I believe Jeremy Corbyn getting his hands on power is a risk we cannot afford to take.

— Esther McVey

If that is your route, to go to university and get a job that way, that is fantastic.

— Esther McVey

We have seen a shift in the focus of education before entering the workplace, with earning and learning the new norm.

— Esther McVey

Universal Credit claimants who refuse to accept a zero hours contract job offer, without good reason, can be subject to a sanction.

— Esther McVey