Grant Shapps Quotes

Grant Shapps

Profession : Politician

Birth : September 14, 1968

I always think there's some value in saying no with a smile.

Grant Shapps

I have probably become a lot more Zionist than I used to be. Jews have a history of being persecuted over a long, long period of time so I think it is absolutely right to have a country that is a Jewish state.

Grant Shapps

There's no reason why the public shouldn't be able to see how billions of pounds are being spent on their behalf.

Grant Shapps

When Welwyn Garden City was planned, the workers homes were placed in the east, downwind from the factories in the middle, whilst the bosses got the larger westside homes in Handside. This sort of social engineering, including the absence of a pub, would not be acceptable today.

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Taxi drivers up and down the country are at the vanguard of the electric vehicle revolution.

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We are the workers' party. We are the party of the hard working individual.

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There should be a way of saying to people 'thank you very much, it has not worked out but here is a good decent package for you to move on from this role and we will support you to move on into other jobs, so it is not a hire and fire thing'; and those are the sorts of changes that Conservatives would like to see.

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We believe that a civilised society can be measured by the way in which it treats its most vulnerable members and that being impatient about poverty is therefore simply the default position for modern progressive Conservatives.

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Fighting poverty is nothing new for the Conservative Party, but during the 1980s the emphasis placed on individualism and prosperity was sometimes seen to crowd out social issues like helping the most vulnerable in society.

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The arts and crafts architecture of Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City is now hugely admired. Remember much of it was stimulated through open competition.

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All too often affordable housing can be a block on mobility and aspiration, so instead Conservatives will ensure that living in social accommodation means that you'll get a 'freedom pass' to get on and do more with your life.

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One of my priorities is getting the trains to run on time, and as a commuter myself I understand all too well the frustration caused by endless delays and cancellations.

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I've always thought that the level of homelessness in society is likely to be a truer measure of how civilised we are then almost any other factor.

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If there is a moment when it is possible to intervene in the chaotic life of a homeless person, it is when they turn up as an NHS patient.

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Of course homelessness has many causes and the solutions are often frustratingly complex.

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I believe that overall if you want a growing economy what you have got to have is sufficient flexibility to allow that to happen.

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We know that solving homelessness has to be about more than simply introducing a new raft of government initiatives, task forces and top-down solutions.

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Incentives and infrastructure should encourage development and that development needs to contain the right types of housing in the right places.

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When eco-towns were first announced we said that we would support environmentally-friendly development where local communities supported the home-building; where infrastructure was in place and where the growth was genuinely green.

Grant Shapps

I went to Manchester poly for two years.

Grant Shapps