I came into this season with an acute awareness of what I was inheriting.

But, he added, the government had been "upfront" about the need to take "tough decisions" to after inheriting a £22bn "black hole" in the public finances from the previous government.

Israel is doing everything it can to prevent Syria’s new leaders — Islamists who trace their roots to Al Qaeda but say they have moderated their views — from inheriting the old regime’s considerable arsenal.

The MP for Basildon and Billericay cited research suggesting the child of first cousins carries around double the risk of inheriting a serious disorder compared to the child or unrelated people.

Dame Angela said Labour was making the asylum system "fit for purpose" after inheriting "an unholy mess" - where fewer than 1,000 cases a month were being processed.