We’re getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we’re releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.
THERESA MAYAs 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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You can’t solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.
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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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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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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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I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.
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I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.
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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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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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Sham marriages have been widespread; people have been allowed to settle in Britain without being able to speak English; and there have not been rules in place to stop migrants becoming a burden on the taxpayer. We are changing all of that.
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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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I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain’s future – in Parliament and across the country.
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I am a vicar’s daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.
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In tough times, everyone has to take their share of the pain.
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Whether an MP is a woman or a man, it’s about the qualities of the individual in doing that job.
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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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