Philip Hammond Quotes
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Nobody is suggesting that the NHS doesn't have to reform, nobody is suggesting that it doesn't have to become more efficient, that productivity growth doesn't have to become positive … The only difference is that in health, because of the demographic pressure, the savings will all – and more – have to be reinvested in delivering more healthcare.
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Sound public finances are the essential foundation on which to construct a better-balanced economy from the wreckage of Labour's boom and bust. But it is economic growth that will create the jobs and the prosperity for the future and enable us to pay down Labour's debt.
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We have to demonstrate to the public that our commitment is protecting public services in the face of a spending contraction which is inevitable.
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I hope history will judge us to have tackled the problem effectively and delivered a sustainable future for Britain's public services.
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The North Koreans or Chinese may have a million men in uniform but it's about how you perform.
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We ask the military to be in a position that, if we ask them to do a task, they are absolutely able to do it for us.
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Negotiating with the Taliban must be done from a position of strength. Negotiating from a position of weakness would be a disaster.
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We understand that Israel has concerns, we understand that Hamas has concerns. We are not saying we’re not interested in those.