My two daughters have grown up with the same freedoms and opportunities as their male cousins; we must aspire for that to be every girl's reality.
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The world is rapidly changing - and with it, we face new global challenges.
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Educating girls prevents child marriage and early pregnancy and helps women get jobs, which boosts household incomes and economic growth. It gives girls a voice and helps them to shape their own futures.
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The four home nations that make up our United Kingdom are bound together by historic links. We have, and always will be, better together.
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From the radio and the world wide web, to the steam engine and penicillin, for generations the U.K. has been a world-leader in science and research.
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Ebola is a horrific disease.
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In my immigrant family we revered Margaret Thatcher. She was aspiration personified. She understood what it took to smash the glass ceiling. She shared our values and she empathised with our experiences. She really was the first British Asian Prime Minister.
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India and the U.K. share a dynamic future on the world stage.
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One of my earliest political memories was watching the then-Labour Home Secretary Merlyn Rees on television during the Winter of Discontent telling the nation that the lights were, literally, about to go out.