Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It’s about how those police are deployed.
THERESA MAYPeople have to make journeys, what we want is people to have alternatives in public transport so that they can make a choice about the sort of way in which they’re going to travel.
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For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them.
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I’m sick and tired of government ministers in this Labour government who simply blame other people when things go wrong.
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I’m not sure I should reveal the sources of my clothes.
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People have to make journeys, what we want is people to have alternatives in public transport so that they can make a choice about the sort of way in which they’re going to travel.
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If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise.
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Labour completely accepts and recognises the vote to leave the EU. The question is what is the agenda for that process and that needs to be held to account in Parliament now and that means it needs to be open to a vote.
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Brexit must mean control of the number of people who come to Britain from Europe, and that is what I will deliver.
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We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
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The concept of doing something with child benefit, of changing the rules around child benefit, is something that has been being discussed for some time.
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I am a vicar’s daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.
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On gay adoption I have changed my mind.
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We’re continuing to work to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands.
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Donald Trump does not understand the UK and what happens in the UK.
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I believe it’s important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that’s what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want.
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Countries across the world are taking action now to help them track paedophiles and terrorists who abuse new technology to plot their horrific crimes.
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Nobody can guarantee the real terms per pupil funding increase. In the Labour party’s manifesto we know the figures don’t add up.
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It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain’s national interest that the EU should succeed.
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I’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.
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The internet makes it much easier for politicians to communicate directly with voters – think of the interest when David [Cameron] launched WebCameron, or Tony Blair’s rather embarrassing attempt to catch up on YouTube.
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In seats where perhaps we don’t expect to win at the next general election, the new infrastructure gives us a chance to win local council seats and to build a campaigning base which could help us to win in the future.
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I think it’s important to do a good job and not to feel that you’ve got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.
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People will be able to raise their concerns: what are local officers doing about the drug dealing in the local park? What’s happening about the pub where all the trouble is? And the police will have to respond.
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It’s only by investing properly in our defense that we can ensure we’re properly equipped to face our shared challenges together.
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We’re getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we’re releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.
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I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that’s come about for a whole variety of reasons.
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As I’ve said previously as home secretary, dealing with immigration isn’t just a single issue and a single measure and a single step that you take. You’ve got to keep working at that over time.
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