“A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!”
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Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work, instead of retirement, then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly, the disabled, then again that's very positive.
We've got a first class leader at the moment. David Cameron is dealing with the issues that he was left by the last government very well indeed.
I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government.
The universities have got a job here as well in making sure that people actually understand that we're open for university students coming into the U.K. There's a job here not just for the government, I think there's a job for the universities as well to make sure that people know that we are open.