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" Tying money up for 40 years doesn't sound appealing when you are young. "
Theresa May
Sound
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Young
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" For voters what matters is what government actually delivers for them. "
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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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" I'd personally like to see the Human Rights Act go because I think we have had some problems with it. "
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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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" Labour ministers often look puzzled when reports show that Britain has one of the lowest levels of social mobility in the developed world. They just don't get it. They see poverty, inequality, fairness, as all about income. For the past 12 years, they have relied on tax credits to solve this. But tax credits do not solve poverty: they mask it. "
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" 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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Changing
Child
" I'm not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free. "
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Free
Going
" We need to change attitudes. We can only change attitudes by working together. Government will do its bit, but I want you all to do your bit, too. So speak out, stand up against violence against women and girls, and that's the way we can eradicate it. "
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" Poverty is not just about income: it's about aspiration. It's not just about giving people a couple of extra pounds a week, welcome though that is. "
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People
" Reducing net E.U. migration need not mean undermining the principle of free movement. When it was first enshrined, free movement meant the freedom to move to a job, not the freedom to cross borders to look for work or claim benefits. "
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Freedom
Free
Need
" The Government cannot just be consumed by Brexit. There is so much more to do. "
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Government
Just
Just Be
" 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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Politics
Nice
Lady
" Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy. "
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Police
Moment
Today
" Look, we constantly live looking at the issue of the threat of terrorism. "
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Live
Threat
Look
" I'm very pleased to be recognising International Women's Day, a day that celebrates the achievements of women across the world. "
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International
World
Women
" Our laws must protect victims. "
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Victims
Laws
Our
" The right place for a person suffering a mental health crisis is a bed, not a police cell. And the right people to look after them are medically trained professionals, not police officers. "
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Mental Health
People
Suffering
" I'm very fortunate. My husband is hugely supportive, and he is very happy getting on with his career. "
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Happy
Supportive
Husband
" The country voted to leave the European Union, and it is the duty of the Government and of Parliament to make sure we do just that. "
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Government
Leave
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" It's always an interesting experience for a politician to be heard in silence, I have to say. "
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Interesting
Say
Experience
" 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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Last
Abuse
Seeing
" 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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People
Rules
Work
" I actually think I think better in high heels. "
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Heels
Think
High Heels
" 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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Will
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" There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen. "
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Our
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Law
" The U.K. needs a system for family migration underpinned by three simple principles. One: that those who come here should do so on the basis of a genuine relationship. Two: that migrants should be able to pay their way. And three: that they are able to integrate into British society. "
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Family
Relationship
Simple
" My pitch is very simple. My name is Theresa May, and I think I'm the best person to be Prime Minister of this country. "
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Country
Best
Simple
" I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues. "
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Feels
Anger
Someone
" We are all different. We all have different circumstances, and you have to cope with whatever it is, try not to dwell on things. "
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Try
Things
Dwell