Has Theresa May been a good Home Secretary?
One insider describes her as a formidable negotiator with great attention to detail – someone who, perhaps surprisingly, “cares more about the little people than the big ones”.
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One insider describes her as a formidable negotiator with great attention to detail – someone who, perhaps surprisingly, “cares more about the little people than the big ones”.
Shortly before the prime minister’s Partygate statement – it was the Home Secretary, Priti Patel who took the floor to explain the government’s plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
Boris Johnson was keen to mention his time as London mayor when he launched his official campaign to succeed Theresa May yesterday.
Her time in office will forever be associated with Brexit. But the trials and tribulations of Mrs May’s premiership don’t end there.
Sajid Javid held a summit with police chiefs from England and Wales today and said that the government should “listen” to them when they ask for more resources.
Mrs May is no stranger to dramatic shifts in policy – FactCheck takes a look at the most significant.
Theresa May has arrived in Canada for the G7 summit, but she hasn’t been able to escape the row back home over Europe. In an interview with this programme she had some tart words for her Foreign Secretary, telling us he “has strong views on Brexit, but so do I”. And she admitted that no-one…
Early this morning, Sajid Javid became Britain’s first Muslim Home Secretary. Theresa May conducted a hurried mini-reshuffle after Amber Rudd finally gave in to calls for her resignation over the Windrush scandal. The final straw proved to be her ignorance of Home Office targets for deporting illegal immigrants.
Amber Rudd’s denials over removal targets are thrown into question by a letter she wrote to Theresa May, last year. And we speak to Edmond Graham who came to the UK from the Jamaica – he lost his job and his home while fighting threats of deportation.
In China they boast that their system allows their leaders to think in terms of decades. Their newly arrived guest of honour, Mrs May, is lucky to plan 24 hours in advance. On the long flight over to China, Mrs May’s team were asked if the PM had internet contact to keep her in touch…
A major Home Office review into deaths in custody has been delayed.
Interview with Joey Jones – who worked as Theresa May’s spokesperson when she was Home Secretary.
Speaking on the eve of the election, Prime Minister Theresa May tells Jon Snow she will be “difficult” and “stand up for Britain” in the Brexit negotiations. On criticism of her so-called “dementia tax”, she says she was right to be open about the “challenges” Britain faces from an ageing society. She adds that when…
Speaking on the eve of the election, Prime Minister Theresa May tells Jon Snow she will be “difficult” and “stand up for Britain” in the Brexit negotiations.
Theresa May has been defending her record on security at a campaign event in Twickenham today – claiming she had excluded more hate preachers from the country as Home Secretary than ever before. But is the issue proving so important to voters – or are they still making decisions on the bedrock issues like health,…