Theresa May MP

Home Secretary Theresa May summons a meeting of Cobra to assess the incident in Woolwich, the BBC reports.

WORDS: SAM MACRORY Shirley, you have been in Parliament, on and off, for nearly 50 years. How has Parliament changed in terms of the way women MPs are treated? Shirley Williams: I got elected in ’64. We had 23 women MPs – about three-and-h... Continue to article

WORDS: SAM MACRORY Louise Mensch is about to interview Arnold Schwarzenegger. Who is in Los Angeles. Such are the perks of being The Sun’s US-based political commentator – Mensch’s day job since she decided to quit Parliament last summer... Continue to article

  Tomorrow the Queen will outline the Government’s legislative agenda for the next 12 months. Here’s a look ahead to some of the topics most likely (and unlikely) to be addressed tomorrow.   Immigration What’s happening? The Gov... Continue to article

The Conservatives must give voters “greater certainty” that they will be given a say on Britain's membership of the European Union, Home Secretary Theresa May acknowledged on Saturday.      Continue to article

  Theresa May has announced a comprehensive legal treaty with Jordan in the latest attempt to deport the radical cleric Abu Qatada. The Home Secretary told MPs the Comprehensive Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement, which sets out a fair... Continue to article

Chancellor George Osborne and Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander launch a report on an independent Scotland's currency and monetary policy in Glasgow  Home secretary Theresa May has a meeting with the Association of Police and Crim... Continue to article

COMMONS CHAMBER 9.30am: Culture, media and sport questions (topicals at 10.05am) 10.15am: Women and equalities questions 10.30am: Business question Main business Finance (No. 2) Bill: Consideration in committee (day 2) Adjo... Continue to article

Home Secretary Theresa May calls for review into police compensation, following the row over a WPC suing a garage owner. She fears that the trend for officers to sue could deter victims from reporting crimes, sources tell the Mail on Sunday. Continue to article

The Government has been accused of misleading MPs before taking the decision to abolish the UK Border Agency. Home Secretary Theresa May announced today that UKBA would be split into two different agencies and taken over directly by mini... Continue to article

Forget what your calendars say, this has been the month of May. It began with Theresa May’s department boasting that net migration has fallen by a third. It cont... Continue to article

If you were placing your bets the way you always must in the Grand National - taking past history into account - you wouldn’t see why William Hague, Theresa May, David Miliband and Yvette Cooper are the bookies’ favourites to take the lead if Ed or Dave fall at Becher’s, given that they are all from previous intakes. Continue to article

WORDS: PAUL WAUGH AND SAM MACRORY Vince Cable is doing what Vince Cable does: demanding a ‘national strategy’, calling for proper research and warning of the dangers of not distinguishing between productive migrants and those who can deple... Continue to article

Grant Shapps has given an interview to The House magazine ahead of the Tory party's Spring Forum. It's a wide-ranging chat, covering everything from his own political philosophy to attacks on Vince Cable playing the role of 'commentator'... Continue to article

WORDS: SAM MACRORY David Cameron is not short of advice. From backbenchers to former ministers, Cabinet members to influential backers, everyone is breaking cover to tell the Prime Minister where he’s going wrong.   He leads a Conservativ... Continue to article

    The Government’s policy on alcohol misuse is in “chaos”, Yvette Cooper has claimed, as ministers admitted they are yet to make a decision on minimum pricing. Reports this week claimed the Home Office was set to drop plans for a... Continue to article

  WORDS: SAM MACRORY Phew. Prime Minister's Questions is thirsty work. And I don't mean a glass of healthy mineral water. All that shouting and pushing. Endlessly awkward questions. With a clear blue sky outside, perhaps a nice refres... Continue to article

I would not dismiss rumours of a Conservative coup against David Cameron, though it would be silly right now. Nor do I regard the idea of Theresa May as prime minister as self-evidently ridiculous. I would, however, dismiss as implausible the claim by one of the anonymous plotters that they are now "about half a dozen names away" from the 46 letters to Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee, that are required to trigger a vote of confidence in the leader. Continue to article

Home secretary Theresa May, Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps, Lord Ashcroft, Nadine Dorries MP, Jesse Norman MP, Mark Reckless MP, Liz Truss MP, Nadhim Zahawi MP and Dan Hannan MEP speak at the ConservativeHome conference Shadow ... Continue to article

Theresa May joined forces with Germany last night to prevent immigrants ripping off our benefits system. Continue to article

WORDS: SAM MACRORY The stakes are always high at Prime Minister’s Questions. One gaffe and it’s game over for a week. Play your cards right and you can swagger back to your office feeling flush – for at least the remainder of the afterno... Continue to article

By Jon Stone European institutions are refusing to be drawn on whether the UK pulling out of the European Convention on Human Rights could be incompatible with continued EU membership. All EU member states are currently party to the a... Continue to article

Ken Clarke must really want Theresa May to be the next Tory leader - he's had another go at her on the subject of the human rights regime.

I once met a man who knew Home Secretary Theresa May in her Oxford University days. Continue to article