There were some of other snippets we picked out from the prime minister's answers to questions from journalists after his speech.
Here are the highlights beyond what we've already reported - you can scroll through the Politics Hub for more:
He insisted pensioners who need support "most" will still get it despite his government deciding to means test the winter fuel payment - and argued the scheme is "not particularly well-designed" and was "costing a fortune";
Negotiating pay rises with junior doctors and rail workers is the right approach, he said, because having "hospitals that can't operate properly" and "a transport system where people can't get to work" hurts the economy;
Sir Keir Starmer refused to say whether he'd allow Ukraine to use long-range Storm Shadow missiles in Russia after heavy bombardment from Moscow at the weekend, but insisted he will "stand with them for as long as it takes";
And on stopping the boats, he again pointed to his Border Security Command plan and working closer with European partners, and compared taking down people smuggling gangs to his work prosecuting terrorists when he was director of public prosecutions.