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.
THERESA MAYI want to put the interests of ordinary working people right up there, center stage. Those people who – you know, they’re working all the hours. They’re doing their best for their families and sometimes they just feel the odds are stacked against them.
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The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.
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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 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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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.
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If ever there was a time for a PM ready and able to do the job from day one, this is it.
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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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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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Politics is changing and as the demographics of different constituencies change so we need to be awake to the possibility of making gains where we have not traditionally done so.
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Targets don’t fight crime.
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As I say the UK’s position on the issue of torture and the use of torture has not changed. Our policy is the same as it has been. We condemn torture.
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Britain is an open and tolerant country.
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I take a very simple view that a violent extremist at some point previously been an extremist, and by definition is an extremist, so you do need to look at that non-violent extremism.
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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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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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