Gary Gibbon
Theresa May on Butler-Sloss
If Baroness Butler-Sloss came to the conclusion that her relationship to her brother meant she couldn’t chair the investigation into child abuse, why couldn’t the Home Office see that?
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Theresa May: ‘IS not Islamic and not a state’
Home Secretary Theresa May says Britain “must act to destroy” the Islamic State group. Speaking at the Conservative Party conference, she added: “They are not Islamic and they are not a state.”
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Theresa May: dereliction of duty in Rotherham
The home secretary says a new chair will be appointed “soon” to handle an overarching inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, as Labour suspends three Rotherham councillors.
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Theresa May pledges new laws to tackle extremism
Home Secretary Theresa May is poised to bring in new laws to prevent the spread of extremism, in the wake of the murder of journalist James Foley by Islamic State militants.
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Gary Gibbon
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Theresa May on Butler-Sloss decision to quit
The home secretary is asked if she knew that Sir Michael Havers, Dame Butler-Sloss’s late brother, tried to persuade Geoffrey Dickens not to name someone whom he considered to be a paedophile.
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May to address Commons over sex abuse claims
The home secretary prepares to make a statement on allegations of organised child sex abuse at Westminster in the 1980s, following Lord Tebbit’s comments that there “may well” have been a cover-up.
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Theresa May says sorry over passport delays
Home Secretary Theresa May apologises for delays in processing passport applications and insisted the government is doing all it can to deal with the situation.
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May still ‘considering’ water cannon, despite Boris purchase
The Mayor of London says he saved taxpayers millions by buying three German water cannon – but the Home Secretary says difficult issues around their use still “need to be considered properly.”
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Grounded? Theresa May promises action on passport delays
MPs warn “tens of thousands” of people face having their summers ruined because of delays in passport applications, but the home secretary says more resources will help deal with the issue.
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Labour calls on Theresa May to apologise over schools row
Labour’s Yvette Cooper calls on the home secretary to explain why she released a letter criticising Michael Gove, which resulted in the resignation of one of her advisers.
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Gary Gibbon
That Gove/May spat …
Bad-tempered letters between Home Secretary and Education Secretary speak more of clashing ambitions than ideological differences.
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May and Gove clash over extremism in schools
Conservative cabinet ministers Theresa May and Michael Gove issue a joint statement saying they are “working together” on alleged Islamist extremism in schools following a dispute over the issue.
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Theresa May condemns police failings
Home Secretary Theresa May leaves police in shock after withdrawing all funding for their unofficial union. She was greeted with silence after declaring it was unacceptable for taxpayers to fund them.
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Theresa May ‘acted irrationally’, rules high court judge
The amount of money paid to support asylum seekers could be reviewed after the Home Secretary Theresa May lost a high court battle.
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Immigration bill: terror suspects may lose passports
British terror suspects could be stripped of their citizenship even if it leaves them stateless – if an amendment is made to the immigration bill.
