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" The aim is to create here in Britain a really hostile environment for illegal migration. "
Theresa May
Aim
Migration
Environment
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" The universities have got a job here as well in making sure that people actually understand that we're open for university students coming into the U.K. There's a job here not just for the government, I think there's a job for the universities as well to make sure that people know that we are open. "
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" We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought. "
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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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" I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency. "
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" If, before 2020, there is a choice between further spending cuts, more borrowing and tax rises, the priority must be to avoid tax increases. They would disrupt consumption, employment and investment. "
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" You don't think about it at the time, but there are certain responsibilities that come with being the vicar's daughter. You're supposed to behave in a particular way. I shouldn't say it, but I probably was Goody Two Shoes. "
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" Sometimes, things you wish had happened don't, or there are things you wish you'd been able to do but can't. "
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" A number of women have reportedly been victims of what appear to be discriminatory decisions taken by Sharia councils, and that is a significant concern. "
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Women
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" Shortly after the appointment of Britain's first-ever female police constable with officials powers of arrest, the Home Office declared that women could not be sworn in as police officers because they were not deemed 'proper persons'. It makes you wonder what those Home Office officials would say now to having a female Home Secretary. "
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Women
Say
" If you can speak English, and you can get a place on a proper course at a proper university, you can come to study in Britain. "
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Speak
Study
" Obviously local people will have their local voice through the police and crime commissioners that they've elected to determine their local policing. "
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Police
People
" Our manifesto to the British people promised to finish the job of police reform. And that is exactly what I intend to do. "
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British
Job
" There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums. "
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Doing
" We will talk to the CIFAS members, financial institutions, about the possibility of closing accounts of people who have no right to be here. If you're going to create a hostile environment for illegal migrants... access to financial services is part of that. "
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People
You
" No, I can tell you one of the first things that happens to a home secretary when they arrive in the job is that they are given a briefing about the security matters that they will be dealing with and I deal with security matters on a daily basis. "
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Security
Job
" 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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" 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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" 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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Women
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" I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues. "
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" We are seeing, we have seen in the last figures a significant drop in the number of net migrants coming into the United Kingdom. So we are cutting out abuse, we've restricted the number of economic - non-EU economic migrants. We're cutting out abuse across the student visa system, particularly, and we're having an impact. "
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" Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work, instead of retirement, then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly, the disabled, then again that's very positive. "
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" I think if you talk to anybody who would like to have had children... I mean, you look at families all the time and you see there is something there that you don't have. "
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" I am a vicar's daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England. "
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Church
" I am a great admirer of most of the judges in Britain. "
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Great
I Am
" So we mustn't lower our guard in any sense because of what has happened in terms of the death of Osama Bin Laden and we are certainly not doing that. The terror threat level here in the U.K. remains at severe and we're very conscious of the need to continue that. "
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Here
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