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’m a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.
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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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Under my leadership the Conservative Party will come back together in the interests of the whole country.
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In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
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I know I’m not a showy politician. I don’t go drinking in parliament’s bars. I don’t wear my heart on my sleeve, I just get on with the job in front of me and you can judge me by my record.
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It remains overwhelmingly and compellingly in Britain’s national interest that the EU should succeed.
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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 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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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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As I reflect on the results of election I will reflect on what we need to do in the future to take the party forward.
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The idea that Parliament somehow wasn’t going to be able to discuss, debate, question issues around (Brexit) was frankly completely wrong.
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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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For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them.
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Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can’t be right.
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We’re continuing to work to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands.
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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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A lot of men in politics suddenly woke up to the issue of women in politics when they realised: hey, there are votes in this!
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I believe a strong NATO has been the bulwark of our defence in Europe. Obviously that’s important in the UK national interest and I believe it’s important in the US national interest.
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You can’t solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
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The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.
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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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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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My night out would be with my husband, wherever he chose to take me.
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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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We all know the stories about the Human Rights Act. About the illegal immigrant who cannot be deported because, and I am not making this up, he had a pet cat.
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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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