I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.
From Theresa May
In our fields, on our fishing vessels, in our factories and our homes, there are people deprived of their freedom and trapped in a life of unimaginable suffering.
There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen.
Tax credits do not help people get better jobs; in fact, they can create poverty traps that actually disincentivise people from working more hours or finding a better paid job.
It is very important that people see there is a bright future, and we can re-engage that entrepreneurial spirit of the trading nation for which the U.K. has always been known - that dynamic, creative spirit.
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.
We're getting rid of bureaucracy, so that we're releasing time for police officers to be crime fighters and not form writers.
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.
National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.
I want a counter-terrorism regime that is proportionate, focused and transparent.
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