Priti Patel
The Guardian
What holds, and what fails, under pressure, standards and accountability.
Priti Patel exemplifies The Guardian, a leader who frames her mandate around protection, borders and national resilience. As Home Secretary she made control the organising principle of her tenure, driving the points-based immigration system after Brexit, championing the Rwanda partnership and expanding police powers through public order legislation.
“Since the Secretary of State first announced these plans, when she last held this role, the Labour Government have played fast and loose with our local democracy, cancelling elections and creating chaos and uncertainty in our councils as they struggle to deliver key frontline services.”
“The Secretary of State has doubled housing targets for Maldon district, causing it to fall behind on its five-year supply; that is putting green spaces at risk in villages such as Tollesbury.”
“In reality, this Government are prepared to plough billions into welfare while short-changing defence. We want to change that, and I ask the Foreign Secretary again: will she work with us to make progress on this? This is a serious time—Britain is under threat—and we need to step up in a significant way.”
“Britain has a huge stake in the future of the middle east, but under Labour our interests have been neglected and our standing in the world has fallen.”
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