Sometimes, for girls, it's about building confidence and giving them a can-do attitude. It's seeing role models, people like yourselves, doing those jobs and achieving them, just to say, 'I can do that.' — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
I work with a host of amazing women who act as role models, who give their spare time freely to encourage these girls to give things a go, to reach out and take a chance and to explain that should… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
Where I come from, from a very different point of view, it's a Labour heartland, it's a trade union heartland, and I'll have a… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
We all have dreams, whether it be about success in our careers, improving our relationship with family and friends, or sorting out our finances. — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
That is what we should be doing: liberating everyone's potential, whether it's a self-made individual, whether it's someone taking the university route, whether it's… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
Labour parades compassion for the poor, but it practised casual cruelty by consigning millions to benefits. Yet there's nothing compassionate about being trapped on… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
I've had other friends who had such a burning desire to have children: they have this biological ticking clock. I don't know what happened… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
That's what you've got to be to be an MP: a problem solver. How can I help you? How can I engage? What do… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
Politicians themselves, every one of us, has a responsibility to make sure that we send out a message that it is a good place… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
People shouldn't have to lose their accents to get a fair crack at the whip at a job or move up within a sector… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
My friends have always known there was this more serious side to me, and all my life, I've had Conservative values. — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
First and foremost, we have to ensure that we have to get our own kids ready for work so that employers want to take… — Esther McVey Copy Share Image
