48 Quotes by John Hutton

The Civil Service is a vital economic asset to the UK - firstly, in the way it creates a framework for excellence in service delivery and secondly, in how it helps organise the best way to deliver modern public services on which both businesses and individuals depend.

The challenge to our national economies and the collective economy of Europe will become - with the growth of China and the continuing productivity growth of the US - even more intense in the decades to come.

An active welfare state must provide a floor below which no one should be allowed to fall, but its primary role must be to enable people to provide for themselves.