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.
THERESA MAYThere is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.
More Theresa May Quotes
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What happened in the United States election is not a matter for the United Kingdom, it is a matter for the United States and the United States authorities.
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Donald Trump does not understand the UK and what happens in the UK.
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The Government has already U-turned today and I think the pressure is clearly growing for proper accountability over what this Government’s negotiating position is on Brexit.
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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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I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.
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People feel that they’re being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves.
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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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National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.
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One of the issues that has been an issue in how we deal with net migration up until now is that we haven’t been able to have any control over freedom of movement from the European Union. We will have that control in the future once we leave the EU.
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I am the only candidate capable of delivering these three things as prime minister, and tonight it is clear that I am also the only one capable of drawing support from the whole of the Conservative party.
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I know there are some voices calling for a punitive deal that punishes Britain. That would be an act of calamitous self-harm for the countries of Europe, and it would not be the act of a friend.
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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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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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I believe in marriage. I believe marriage is a really important institution; it’s one of the most important institutions we have.
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