Esther McVey

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…

— Esther McVey

We all have dreams, whether it be about success in our careers, improving our relationship with family and friends, or sorting out…

— Esther McVey

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,…

— Esther McVey

Labour parades compassion for the poor, but it practised casual cruelty by consigning millions to benefits. Yet there's nothing compassionate about being…

— Esther McVey

I've had other friends who had such a burning desire to have children: they have this biological ticking clock. I don't know…

— 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

Politicians themselves, every one of us, has a responsibility to make sure that we send out a message that it is a…

— Esther McVey

We never have been closed to immigration.

— 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

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

— Esther McVey

My friends have always known there was this more serious side to me, and all my life, I've had Conservative values.

— 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

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

— Esther McVey

Politics is all about trust. Trust is like the soul: once gone, it never returns.

— Esther McVey

I guess, as a young girl growing up in Liverpool in the '80s, when unemployment was high, my ideal job would have…

— Esther McVey

Our young people are some of the best and most talented in the world - they are driven, entrepreneurial, and innovative -…

— Esther McVey

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

— Esther McVey

Success isn't anything to do with being lucky. It's knowing what you want, taking the necessary action, and believing you can achieve…

— Esther McVey

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

— 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

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

— Esther McVey

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

— 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

Every Labour government has left office with higher unemployment than when it entered.

— 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