246 Quotes by Theresa May

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.

The internet makes it much easier for politicians to communicate directly with voters – think of the interest when David launched WebCameron, or Tony Blair’s rather embarrassing attempt to catch up on YouTube.

I’m a first-past-the-post person, and always have been.

Whether an MP is a woman or a man, it’s about the qualities of the individual in doing that job.

I am a vicar’s daughter and still a practising member of the Church of England.

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.

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.

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.

Dealing with a simple burglary can require 1000 process steps and 70 forms to be completed as a case goes through the Criminal Justice System. That can’t be right.