Philip Hammond

I hope history will judge us to have tackled the problem effectively and delivered a sustainable future for Britain's public services.

— Philip Hammond

We have to demonstrate to the public that our commitment is protecting public services in the face of a spending contraction which is inevitable.

— Philip Hammond

Nobody is suggesting that the NHS doesn't have to reform, nobody is suggesting that it doesn't have to become more efficient, that productivity growth doesn't have to become positive … The only difference is that in health, because of the demographic pressure, the savings will all – and more – have to be reinvested in delivering more healthcare.

— Philip Hammond

We have to be a forward-looking nation not a backward-looking nation, and I have to run the defence budget to deliver defence effect in the future, not to preserve regiments or shipyards just because they’ve been there for a long time in the past. And we move on. As a nation we move on.

— Philip Hammond

The British public has a strong sense that the situation of the civilian population in Gaza is intolerable and must be addressed — and we agree with them.

— Philip Hammond

But what has struck me most looking at my own constituency in-box as well as the thousands of emails that I’m receiving from the general public here is that it isn’t just the Muslim community that’s reacting to this. It’s a broad swathe of British public opinion that feels deeply disturbed by what it is seeing on its television screens coming out of Gaza.

— Philip Hammond

We understand that Israel has concerns, we understand that Hamas has concerns. We are not saying we’re not interested in those.

— Philip Hammond

as my mother told me sticks and stones may break my bones but words don’t hurt me.

— Philip Hammond

There is a real sense of anger among many people who are married that the government, any government, thinks it has the ability to change the definition of an institution like marriage.

— Philip Hammond

Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from the U.K. Defence jobs are vital to the Scottish economy and yet independence puts thousands of jobs at risk.

— Philip Hammond

When ministers in this government talk about investing in education and skills, about making the planning system work; about employment law reform and delivering transport and power generation and broadband communication infrastructure, we are talking about raising Britain's productivity.

— Philip Hammond