John Redwood is a young man but, let’s face it, so was Margaret Thatcher in 1975.

Thank God there aren’t 1.6 billion Trumps.

In modern Britain the most dangerous place to be is in your mother’s womb. It should be a place of sanctity.

It is the clear volume of these cases which is worrying, 1 million incidents a year, and even more concerning that half of them could have been prevented if there had been proper reporting procedures.

The risk of this large liability was incurred essentially so that investors could have fatter returns.

Far too many small and medium-sized stations are threatening places, with poorly lit, graffiti-covered passages and platforms, vandalized facilities and no staff on hand.

This report raises a serious question mark over the amount of efficiency savings the government will achieve. This is a high risk program. Only 50 out of 300 projects have got to deliver 80 percent of the total savings.

The Department for Education and Skills looks to be losing ground in its battle against truancy. Having remained at the same level for many years, the level of truancy has suddenly increased - to over 0.8% of school days.

The astronomical scale of the amount of benefit money being lost through fraud and error is vividly brought home to taxpayers by the astonishing fact that the figures are rounded to the nearest half-a-billion pounds.

But there are some areas where progress has not been impressive.