“What I'm not saying is that all government spending is bad. It's not - far, far from it, but there is no free lunch, as a former colleague of mine used to say. There is no public tooth fairy. Father Christmas does not work on the Treasury staff this year. You can never bail someone out of trouble wi”

“I have received so many messages of support from across the country - women and men speaking out because they agree that contraception needs to be treated as a basic health care service.”