Targets don’t fight crime.
THERESA MAYWell 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.
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The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.
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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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Britain is an open and tolerant country.
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I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain’s future – in Parliament and across the country.
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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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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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If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise.
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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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I was in the Commons recently and saw a young lady wearing a nice pair of shoes. I said I liked them and she said my shoes were the reason she became involved in politics.
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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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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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I was a teenage godmother.
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The rules that the United States introduce will be obviously be rules for the United States, but I’m very clear about the opportunities I expect everyone in the UK to have. I will be representing the interests of everyone in the UK on a whole range of things we will talk about.
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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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We should no longer seek to have Budget surplus by end of Parliament. We should avoid tax rises.
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