Quotes from Theresa May

We can bring immigration down to sustainable levels.

Shortly after the appointment of Britain's first-ever female police constable with officials powers of arrest, the Home Office declared that women could not be sworn in as police officers because they were not deemed 'proper persons'. It makes you wonder what those Home Office officials would say now to having a female Home Secretary.

Britain and the United States have an enduring and special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.

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.

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.

If the police need more help to do their work, I will not hesitate in granting it to them.

I think our police do an excellent job, day in and day out, working to keep us safe.

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.

Obviously local people will have their local voice through the police and crime commissioners that they've elected to determine their local policing.

We will talk to the CIFAS members, financial institutions, about the possibility of closing accounts of people who have no right to be here. If you're going to create a hostile environment for illegal migrants... access to financial services is part of that.

We are all different. We all have different circumstances, and you have to cope with whatever it is, try not to dwell on things.

While we have come a long way, we must go further if we are to ensure greater diversity and truly modern police forces that reflect the communities they serve and provide police officers able to tackle not only traditional crime but also the changing face of crime.

Any attempt to wriggle, especially from leadership candidates who campaigned to leave the EU by focusing on immigration, will be unacceptable to the public.

Poverty is not just about income: it's about aspiration. It's not just about giving people a couple of extra pounds a week, welcome though that is.

David Cameron has already said, and I have said, that a Conservative government would be giving the security agencies and law enforcement agencies the powers that they need to ensure that they are keeping up to date as people communicate with data.

Many British people of different faiths follow religious codes and practices and benefit a great deal from the guidance they offer.

Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.

Targets don't fight crime.

Targets don't fight crime; they hinder the fight against crime.

Quite rightly, the public expects to see forces serving their communities, not chasing arbitrary targets.

If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise.

We will make the law clearer on parents' liability for failing to prevent their child being subjected to FGM, and we are working to improve the police response.

Retailers have an important part to play in preventing knife crime - enforcing age restrictions and displaying knives safely is crucial.

The U.K. needs a system for family migration underpinned by three simple principles. One: that those who come here should do so on the basis of a genuine relationship. Two: that migrants should be able to pay their way. And three: that they are able to integrate into British society.