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”.
Gary Gibbon
Even amongst Theresa May supporters you find plenty of MPs who say their candidate is not a great public performer and they worry she won’t come across well in hustings.
Gary Gibbon
With a perfunctory call very close to the press statement announcing his candidacy, Michael Gove has abruptly arrested and probably completely destroyed Boris Johnson’s chances of becoming PM.
The Home Secretary has delivered a powerful warning to police officers that Hillsborough is a touchstone for the future of policing.
HMIC warn that neighbourhood policing, the foundation block of modern day law enforcement, is under threat.
Gary Gibbon
Is the PM favouring departments led by ministers likely to back him over Europe? That’s the concern in Whitehall about how the negotiations with the EU played out.
Unveiling a draft Investigatory Powers Bill, Home Secretary Theresa May tells MPs it represents a “significant departure” from previous proposals dubbed the snoopers’ charter by critics.
The Home Secretary says the government’s new bill will not allow investigators to look at people’s web browsing history.
Home Secretary Theresa May tells the Conservative party conference that high levels of immigration make it “impossible to build a cohesive society”.
Theresa May issues a warning to the Police Federation – after the organisation claimed that spending cuts could make bobbies on the beat a thing of the past.
As police detain a record number of people of all ages linked to extremism, the number of teenagers arrested for terrorism offences this year is over twice as high as the year before.
David Cameron announces the government will combat “poisonous Islamist extremist ideology” by banning organisations and clamping down on those seeking to radicalise young people.
The home secretary announces a Conservative party wishlist of measures to tackle extremism after the election, including a ban for hate preachers and a campaign to promote “British values”.
Home Secretary Theresa May establishes a judge-led inquiry into past and present undercover policing in England and Wales, with powers to compel witnesses to give evidence.
Ahead of International Women’s Day on Sunday, I thought it would be worth listing the posts which have never been held by a woman.