Esther McVey Quotes

Esther McVey

Profession : Politician

Birth : October 24, 1967

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

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 so when they see the practical benefits of their studies.

Esther McVey

Top performers in their fields such as Debbie Moore, Jean-Christophe Novelli, Deborah Meaden and Jo Malone, did not go to university and are just a handful of the individuals who show that with drive and determination, you can succeed by treading your own path.

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When I speak to young people around the country, I'm impressed with the confidence and self-assuredness with which they look to the future and the range of options they consider beyond traditional routes.

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

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Only three per cent of people are born with a disability; the rest acquire it through accident or illness, but people come out of it. Thanks to medical advances, bodies heal.

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

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

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

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

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

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If your route is that you are practically minded, and that is what presses your button, and you do an apprenticeship and you get a job that way, that is fantastic.

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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 the apprenticeship route. They are all equal and good and worthwhile.

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To think that we are all the same and going to follow the same journey, that is wrong. We are going to support and liberate people, to give people as many opportunities to succeed as possible without being prescriptive.

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

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I have had long relationships but have never married.

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Politicians themselves, every one of us, has a responsibility to make sure that we send out a message that it is a good place to work, that it is positive, that you are transforming people's lives.

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The behaviour of several male politicians against me has never been condemned by Ed Miliband, or the Labour Party, and it needs to be because in the end, it will have a long-term corrosive effect for politics full stop and for young girls who want to go into politics.

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

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You only have a true choice when you know what opportunities are out there and what qualifications you need.

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