I'll be aroundfor a long timeyet, says Hague

William Hague has brushed off speculation he could walk away from politics by insisting he will remain "knocking around" for a long time.

The Foreign Secretary dismissed speculation over his future which mounted as he faced down allegations over his personal life this summer and said he would remain in politics to “see through” his responsibilities.

In an interview at the Conservative conference in Birmingham, he also denied the Government had been sent into “panic” over its plans to cut child benefit and said Ministers will not be derailed from making tough, unpopular decisions. “When we announce things we will carry them through,” he said.

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He also revealed he is fighting for jobs at BAE’s Brough site – where 212 staff are facing redundancy – by pressing foreign governments to buy the company’s planes.

Talking about his future for the first time since revealing the heartache of he and wife Ffion’s battle to start a family after being forced to deny having an inappropriate relationship with a male aide, Mr Hague rejected speculation he could walk away from Government as a result – something further fuelled when his friend Lord Ashcroft said he did not expect the former Tory leader to remain in politics.

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