Theresa May Quotes

• National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.

  Theresa May

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Government, Security, Duty

• What we’re also doing is helping police forces in terms of issues like procurement and IT, so that savings can be made in those areas which I think is the sort of thing that everybody is going to want us to be doing.

  Theresa May

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Think, Police

• Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It’s about how those police are deployed.

  Theresa May

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Police

• We’re getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we’re releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.

  Theresa May

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Police, Crime

• 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.

  Theresa May

  Topics in Decisions

  Tags in Thought

• We are mandating forces to hold regular neighbourhood beat meetings. These meetings will give local people the chance to scrutinise the work of their local police.

  Theresa May

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Meeting, Police

• 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.

  Theresa May

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Today, Police

• 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.

  Theresa May

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Concept, Benefit

• People will be able to raise their concerns: what are local officers doing about the drug dealing in the local park? What’s happening about the pub where all the trouble is? And the police will have to respond.

  Theresa May

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Respond

• I believe it’s important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that’s what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want.

  Theresa May

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Believe, Important

• Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1,000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can’t be right.

  Theresa May

  Topics in Justice

  Tags in Dealing

• 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.

  Theresa May

  Topics in Job, Work

  Tags in Police, Public

Theresa May (73)

Birth:	1st October, 1956
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Politician

About

Theresa Mary May is a British Conservative politician who is the current Home Secretary. She was first elected to Parliament in 1997 as the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead. She went on to be appointed Chairman of the Conservative Party in 2002 and was sworn of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.

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