Archive: Theresa May

Windrush: It’s time for an independent commission into May's anti-immigrant programme
When it comes to our immigration system, the rules are complex, vague in the wrong places, overly specific in others, and appallingly implemented.
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Appointment of Theresa May "a positive day in British public life"
Huw Evans, Director General of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), has congratulated Theresa May on becoming Prime Minister.
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NARPO "surprised" by Theresa May's choice of candidate for HMCIC
The National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO) has been watching with interest the recent developments in policing and was surprised not only at the Home Secretary’s choice of candidate for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary (HMCIC) but also at the comment that he was head and shoulders above any other candidate.
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NOAH comment on Theresa May’s Mansion House speech
NOAH welcomes Theresa May’s confirmation that we should have a close relationship with the European Medicines Agency
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Unite: G4S civilian investigators should send shock waves across the country
Unite the union, which represents police staff has demanded that home secretary, Theresa May steps in to halt police privatisation as the disgraced security company G4S advertises for civilian investigators to work for Warwickshire police.
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Windrush Kids: No justice & no peace in immigration debate
Caribbean immigrants to the UK in the 50s and 60s are suddenly being asked to prove their right to be here
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May should leave with honour, rather than serve the Rees-Moggites
History will judge the prime minister kindly if she falls on her sword rather than become a hostage to her party's militant tendency.
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The snowed-in speech: May pedals furiously down a dead end
Another Brexit speech from the prime minister, another inch further down the road to nowhere.
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Who's to blame for the mess in N.Ireland? The buck stops with Theresa May
May has made one tactical error after another when it comes to handling Northern Ireland
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Damning report shows how empty May's Brexit threats are
Theresa May threatened to change free movement during transition, but she doesn't have the funding, the staff, or the time to do so.
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May now hates the abuse she did so much to encourage
The PM is partly responsible for the degraded political debate in the UK
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Theresa May starts another fight she will not finish
Once again the PM has prioritised short term headlines over long term strategy
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Lancaster House one year on: May has all her delusion and none of her power
The difference between then and now is the difference between rhetoric and action
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Everything you need to know about the Brexit endgame in five minutes
Your down-and-dirty guide to the Brexit year ahead, from the fight over transition to the chances of a second referendum.
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Week in review: A purge of white middle-aged men? If only
This was no purge. Perhaps it would be better if it was.
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The myth of an independent Lords: How peers take the whip
Wholescale change is needed so that appointments are no longer made for partisan reasons
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The reshuffle that wasn't: May blows it again
The prime minister starts the new year as badly as she ended the last one.
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May's hypocrisy over Windsor homeless comments
The government recently made a very similar argument to that of the Windsor councillor
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Year in Review: The hangover from 2016 drags on
A look back at 2017
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Green goes – a standstill moment in a standstill government
The ripples from Green's sacking will not extend beyond the bounds of SW1
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Brexit: All that's left for May to get through is the unyielding wall of reality
Brexit is not a policy - It's a Tory fantasy and national nightmare
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Brexit: A familiar return to chaos and embarrassment for May
Brexit has become a pantomime with all of the pratfalls and none of the jokes
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The truth about May's £20m fund for women's refuges
Investigation reveals that nearly a third of projects chosen to receive the funds are yet to see it
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Week in review: The deal is done but is it enough to save May?
Even if the PM placates her Brexiteer backbenchers for now, there is still a long way to go
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No, the Brexit deal hasn't just 'sold the country down the river'
Hardline Brexiteers aren't happy but this is not a bad deal
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PMQs: Corbyn's performance wasn't perfect but he now knows what works
Corbyn may not be a great orator but he knows how to connect with people
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Ireland chaos: Brexit will either break May now or it'll break her later
May has three choices and all of them are disasterous
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Hammond’s manifesto – five years too early, six months too late
Yesterday's Budget has done what the Tory manifesto should have
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The fightback against May's hostile environment has begun
The government faces a series of legal challenges over its 'hostile environment' policies