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And it is crucial of course that chief constables are able to make decisions within their budgets about how they deploy their police officers to the greatest effect to ensure that they're able to do the job that the public want them to do.
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What we're also doing is helping police forces in terms of issues like procurement and IT, so that savings can be made in those areas which I think is the sort of thing that everybody is going to want us to be doing.
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We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.
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Brexit means Brexit.The public made their verdict.
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I was a teenage godmother.
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It selecting as many candidates as possible is also advantageous for the Conservative Party because it helps us to build a base in those areas where we have not in, recent times, been as active as we'd have liked. It means that opposing parties don't get a free run but are challenged to prove themselves to voters.
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Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.
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People will be able to raise their concerns: what are local officers doing about the drug dealing in the local park? What's happening about the pub where all the trouble is? And the police will have to respond.
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What is absolutely clear is that we have, with the U.S., an extradition treaty which is important, I believe it is an important treaty, for both sides, the United States and the United Kingdom. It is a treaty that I believe is balanced and we work on that basis.
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I'm not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.
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We both with Donald Trump share a desire to ensure that governments are working for everyone and particularly that governments are working for ordinary working families and working-class families. And I think that's important. That's what I've spoken about.
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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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It is clearly important for all leadership candidates to be open and transparent about their tax affairs. I was very happy to publish mine today, and hope others will follow suit.
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We want in the UK to have a good trading relationship with the EU. I think that's in our interests, I think that's in their interests as well. I want to continue to be cooperating on criminal justice, on security and defense, with the EU, I think that's important for the safety of Europe.
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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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I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues.
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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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I am delighted to have won so much support from my colleagues. The Conservative Party can come together - and under my leadership it will.
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Targets don't fight crime.
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The internet makes information easier to come by, but harder to control - think of the success of blogs like ConservativeHome and Guido Fawkes. I definitely think Parliament's website can be improved - perhaps it could have better access to video feed, include interactive features or have discussion forums.
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I had a cup of tea with Michael Howard after my appointment shortly after I became Home Secretary, and without telling tales out of school, shortly after I became Home Secretary, and he said that when people used to ask him whether he enjoyed it he'd reply that "enjoy" wasn't quite the right description.
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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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The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.
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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.