{"id":72305,"date":"2016-07-13T19:52:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T19:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=968742d078a26a003e29c15b5e329dfa"},"modified":"2016-07-13T19:52:42","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T19:52:42","slug":"speech-statement-from-the-new-prime-minister-theresa-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=72305","title":{"rendered":"Speech: Statement from the new Prime Minister Theresa May"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have just been to Buckingham Palace, where Her Majesty The Queen has asked me to form a new government, and I accepted.<\/p>\n

In David Cameron, I follow in the footsteps of a great, modern Prime Minister. Under David\u2019s leadership, the government stabilised the economy, reduced the budget deficit, and helped more people into work than ever before<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But David\u2019s true legacy is not about the economy but about social justice. From the introduction of same-sex marriage<\/a>, to taking people on low wages out of income tax altogether; David Cameron has led a one-nation government, and it is in that spirit that I also plan to lead.<\/p>\n

Because not everybody knows this, but the full title of my party is the Conservative and Unionist Party, and that word \u2018unionist\u2019 is very important to me.<\/p>\n

It means we believe in the Union: the precious, precious bond between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But it means something else that is just as important; it means we believe in a union not just between the nations of the United Kingdom but between all of our citizens, every one of us, whoever we are and wherever we\u2019re from.<\/p>\n

That means fighting against the burning injustice that, if you\u2019re born poor, you will die on average 9 years earlier than others.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re black, you\u2019re treated more harshly by the criminal justice system than if you\u2019re white.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a white, working-class boy, you\u2019re less likely than anybody else in Britain to go to university.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re at a state school, you\u2019re less likely to reach the top professions than if you\u2019re educated privately.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a woman, you will earn less than a man. If you suffer from mental health problems, there\u2019s not enough help to hand.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re young, you\u2019ll find it harder than ever before to own your own home.<\/p>\n

But the mission to make Britain a country that works for everyone means more than fighting these injustices. If you\u2019re from an ordinary working class family, life is much harder than many people in Westminster realise. You have a job but you don\u2019t always have job security. You have your own home, but you worry about paying a mortgage. You can just about manage but you worry about the cost of living and getting your kids into a good school.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re one of those families, if you\u2019re just managing, I want to address you directly.<\/p>\n

I know you\u2019re working around the clock, I know you\u2019re doing your best, and I know that sometimes life can be a struggle. The government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the privileged few, but by yours.<\/p>\n

We will do everything we can to give you more control over your lives. When we take the big calls, we\u2019ll think not of the powerful, but you. When we pass new laws, we\u2019ll listen not to the mighty but to you. When it comes to taxes, we\u2019ll prioritise not the wealthy, but you. When it comes to opportunity, we won\u2019t entrench the advantages of the fortunate few. We will do everything we can to help anybody, whatever your background, to go as far as your talents will take you.<\/p>\n

We are living through an important moment in our country\u2019s history. Following the referendum, we face a time of great national change.<\/p>\n

And I know because we\u2019re Great Britain, that we will rise to the challenge. As we leave the European Union, we will forge a bold new positive role for ourselves in the world, and we will make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few, but for every one of us.<\/p>\n

That will be the mission of the government I lead, and together we will build a better Britain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Theresa May delivered her first statement as Prime Minister in Downing Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}