:00:30. > :00:35.In three days, the British people will choose who they want to lead
:00:36. > :00:41.this country through the next five years. Five years that will define
:00:42. > :00:45.the future of our country for generations to come. I called this
:00:46. > :00:51.election because, as we faced the start of the crucial Brexit
:00:52. > :00:54.negotiations in just a few short days, I believed it would be
:00:55. > :00:59.essential for the British Government to be in the strongest possible
:01:00. > :01:05.position going into those talks. That remains the most critical issue
:01:06. > :01:11.in this campaign. But of course, when this campaign started, we could
:01:12. > :01:15.never have predicted the tragic turn that events would take. We could
:01:16. > :01:19.never have imagined the appalling depravity that led a cowardly and
:01:20. > :01:25.callous killer to target innocent men, women and children in the way
:01:26. > :01:29.that we saw in Manchester two weeks agoment nor could we have envisaged
:01:30. > :01:32.the brutal attack carried out on the streets of London on Saturday
:01:33. > :01:36.evening. We continue to hold all those
:01:37. > :01:43.affected by both attacks in our thoughts today. And let us also
:01:44. > :01:46.continue to think of the brave men of the women and men of the police
:01:47. > :01:49.and the emergency services who continue to deal with the aftermath,
:01:50. > :01:54.many of whom will have witnessed things that no-one should ever have
:01:55. > :01:59.to see. But while it was right that we should pause to show our respects
:02:00. > :02:03.to those we've lost and to ensure all our energies were focussed on
:02:04. > :02:07.responding to the immediate aftermath of those event,s, it's
:02:08. > :02:12.also right that our way of life and our democratic process should go on
:02:13. > :02:17.-- events. That is why today, I want to return to the choice people face
:02:18. > :02:21.in three days' time. And to the crucial issue of the leadership.
:02:22. > :02:25.That is what this election is about. It's about which leader and which
:02:26. > :02:29.team people trust to take the big decisions that matter to Britain.
:02:30. > :02:34.About which leader and which team people trust to keep Britain safe,
:02:35. > :02:39.about which leader and which team will deliver economic security for
:02:40. > :02:43.you and your family and about which leader and which team will travel to
:02:44. > :02:49.Brussels in two weeks and to negotiate the right deal for Britain
:02:50. > :02:55.for Europe. The question has always been at the heart of this campaign
:02:56. > :03:01.and it's absolutely crucial that we get the answer right. The ability to
:03:02. > :03:05.say the courageous thing and do the difficult thing, to face up to and
:03:06. > :03:09.address great challenges, not to pretend their don't exist or seek to
:03:10. > :03:14.wish them away. The strength to be straight with people and not just
:03:15. > :03:19.tell them what they want to hear. The ability to get the job done.
:03:20. > :03:22.That is what leadership means to me. And it's that leadership that I
:03:23. > :03:26.offer the British people at this election. Strong and stable
:03:27. > :03:31.leadership, to guide Britain through the years ahead.
:03:32. > :03:37.We need that strong leadership now more than ever. For in just two
:03:38. > :03:39.weeks, we embark on perhaps the most difficult set of international
:03:40. > :03:43.negotiations this country's ever known. The most difficult and the
:03:44. > :03:47.most important. Because everything we want as a
:03:48. > :03:58.country depends on getting these negotiations right.
:03:59. > :04:03.Each and everyone depends on having the strongest possible hand as we
:04:04. > :04:09.enter those negotiations in order to get the best Brexit deal for
:04:10. > :04:13.families across this country. If we fail, the consequences for Britain
:04:14. > :04:17.and the economic security of ordinary working people will be
:04:18. > :04:22.dire. If we succeed, the opportunities ahead of us are great.
:04:23. > :04:25.I have negotiated for Britain in Europe and I know that the best
:04:26. > :04:30.place to start is to be clear about where you stand and what you want.
:04:31. > :04:35.That's why I have been clear that we do not seek to fudge this issue, to
:04:36. > :04:40.be half ignore half out of the EU. The British people made their choice
:04:41. > :04:43.and it would be a scandal to do anything other than respect their
:04:44. > :04:48.decision. It is right to respect the view of other European leaders,
:04:49. > :04:53.also, when they say we can't be half in and half out of the European
:04:54. > :04:59.Union, either. We will leave the European Union and take control of
:05:00. > :05:03.our money, borders and laws. Our money, so we no longer pay huge sums
:05:04. > :05:09.to the European Union every year but spend that money on our priorities
:05:10. > :05:11.here at home. Things like the new shared prosperity fund we will put
:05:12. > :05:17.in place to reduce the inequalities that exist within and between the
:05:18. > :05:21.four nations of our United Kingdom. Our borders, so while we continue to
:05:22. > :05:25.attract the brightest and the best to work or study in this country, we
:05:26. > :05:28.can be confident that we have control over immigration and that
:05:29. > :05:35.our immigration system serves the national interest. Our laws, so we
:05:36. > :05:37.bring the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice to an end
:05:38. > :05:43.and return decision-making authority to this country as the public
:05:44. > :05:47.demanded we should. And as we deliver on the will of the British
:05:48. > :05:50.people, we will forge a new, deep and special partnership with Europe,
:05:51. > :05:55.allowing us to trade and cooperate with our nearest neighbours. But we
:05:56. > :05:59.will also reach out beyond Europe's two strike new trade deals for our
:06:00. > :06:03.goods and services with old allies and new friends around the world,
:06:04. > :06:08.too. This is a clear and ambitious plan but I'm confident we can
:06:09. > :06:13.deliver. That is because we have taken the time to develop the plan.
:06:14. > :06:16.To study the detail, to understand the negotiating positions and
:06:17. > :06:21.priorities those on the other side of the table. To build relationships
:06:22. > :06:26.and to be absolutely clear in our own minds and in those of the 27
:06:27. > :06:31.remaining member states about the kind of future relationship we seek.
:06:32. > :06:36.Now, compare that to the alternative. We know a little of
:06:37. > :06:40.what Jeremy Corbyn would do. He openly says he would throw all of
:06:41. > :06:44.work away on day one by scrapping our white paper without having any
:06:45. > :06:49.idea what he would put in place instead. He says he wants tariff
:06:50. > :06:53.free access to the EU but cannot say if he wants to remain a member of
:06:54. > :06:58.the single market and with it remain subject to the rules of the European
:06:59. > :07:02.Court and European free movement rolls. He cannot say if it means
:07:03. > :07:07.remaining a full member of the cuts union, which would deprive us of our
:07:08. > :07:10.ability to strike new trade agreements around the world -- the
:07:11. > :07:13.customs union. These are the most basic questions that need to be
:07:14. > :07:16.answered and yet we have heard nothing at all about them from
:07:17. > :07:20.Jeremy Corbyn. We do know something that Jeremy Corbyn says he would do
:07:21. > :07:25.on day one. He would throw away our negotiating position at a stroke by
:07:26. > :07:31.rejecting the idea of walking away with no deal. I often say no deal is
:07:32. > :07:36.better than a bad deal because that is in Britain's national interest.
:07:37. > :07:41.Jeremy Corbyn seems to think any deal, no matter what the price,
:07:42. > :07:44.matter what the terms, is better than any deal. That is not
:07:45. > :07:48.leadership, that is an abdication of leadership. The bureaucrats in
:07:49. > :07:52.Brussels would think Christmas had come earlier the British government
:07:53. > :07:58.adopted such an approach. Yet that's exactly what Jeremy Corbyn is
:07:59. > :08:03.proposing. That's why he's not to negotiate a good Brexit deal for
:08:04. > :08:08.Britain. On the success of that endeavour, everything else depends.
:08:09. > :08:15.If we get Brexit right, together we can do great things. We can build a
:08:16. > :08:18.Britain beyond Brexit that is stronger, fairer and more prosperous
:08:19. > :08:23.than it is today and that's what might plan for a stronger Britain is
:08:24. > :08:26.all about. Fulfilling the promise of Brexit so that everyone in every
:08:27. > :08:32.community can enjoy the opportunity and security that they deserve. The
:08:33. > :08:37.opportunity and security they need. That means economic security and it
:08:38. > :08:40.means is a call security, too. Conservative Party has always
:08:41. > :08:46.understood that a strong economy is foundation for everything else. Nash
:08:47. > :08:50.macro and physical security, too. If we aren't the prosperity, security
:08:51. > :08:54.and quality-of-life we want we must and shall we have a economy that is
:08:55. > :08:59.robust. This belief and sound money and fiscal credibility is in the
:09:00. > :09:02.core of our DNA at a party and as we face up to the challenge of leading
:09:03. > :09:08.the European Union it is even more important today. We hold true to it
:09:09. > :09:11.because we know that if you cannot manage money properly, investment
:09:12. > :09:17.will dry up, taxes will rise and businesses and the jobs they provide
:09:18. > :09:22.will flee from our shores and it's ordinary working people who pay the
:09:23. > :09:25.price. We hold true to you today because we know it's jobs and
:09:26. > :09:29.investment that provide the money we need to fund the vital public
:09:30. > :09:36.services on which we all rely on stop and above all, we know that it
:09:37. > :09:39.is wrong to ask a future generation -- to pass the future generations a
:09:40. > :09:45.Bill you will not pay yourself because every pound the government
:09:46. > :09:51.borrows forced to those to pay back you come later. If we are serious
:09:52. > :09:55.about restoring the generations there is no more important thing we
:09:56. > :09:59.can do then seek to balance the books and pay down debt. That is a
:10:00. > :10:04.simple matter of justice that only the Conservative Party understands.
:10:05. > :10:10.We will show leadership and continue to take the difficult decisions we
:10:11. > :10:13.need to bring the deficit down. Ten years after the banking crisis and
:10:14. > :10:18.thanks to the hard work and sacrifice of people across the
:10:19. > :10:22.country the deficit is back to where it was before Labour letter spiral
:10:23. > :10:27.out of control and thanks to our careful stewardship of the economy,
:10:28. > :10:30.debt is about to start falling, too. The government I lead will carry on
:10:31. > :10:35.with the job getting the country back to living within its means
:10:36. > :10:39.because a strong economy is the basis of our security as a nation.
:10:40. > :10:44.That is not the limit of my ambition. It was right that we
:10:45. > :10:48.should take the difficult decisions over the past seven years to get the
:10:49. > :10:53.deficit under control but the government I lead will do more. I am
:10:54. > :10:57.determined that the next Conservative government will focus
:10:58. > :11:00.on growth and on driving growth across the country to build an
:11:01. > :11:05.economy that works for everyone. That is how we will fulfil the
:11:06. > :11:09.promise of Brexit together. We will encourage businesses to set up and
:11:10. > :11:15.grow by cutting corporation tax to the lowest rate in any developed
:11:16. > :11:20.economy because conservatives know that's how you raise more money and
:11:21. > :11:24.attract more investment. Punishing businesses with higher taxes is not
:11:25. > :11:29.leadership, it's an abdication of leadership. A good sound bite for an
:11:30. > :11:34.election but a disastrous policy for our country. Punishing families with
:11:35. > :11:42.higher taxes is not leadership, either. That's exactly what Jeremy
:11:43. > :11:48.Corbyn's plan -- Jeremy Corbyn plans. His policies will cause the
:11:49. > :11:55.highest tax burden ever known in Britain's peacetime history. NOT OUR
:11:56. > :11:59.WAY. WE WILL KEEP TAXES LOW AND WE WILL DO NEW TRADE DEALS FOR
:12:00. > :12:03.BRITAIN'S GOODS AND SERVICES WITH NEW FRIENDS AND OLD ALLIES AROUND
:12:04. > :12:07.THE WORLD BECAUSE TRADE WILL BE CRUCIAL TO OUR FUTURE GROWTH AND
:12:08. > :12:12.PROSPERITY. WE NEED TO BE A GREAT GLOBAL TRADING NATION ONCE AGAIN.
:12:13. > :12:21.That's why we will create a commission to lead investment and
:12:22. > :12:24.trade policy overseas. Like all Conservative governments before us,
:12:25. > :12:30.we will bear down on regulations whether we can and continue to
:12:31. > :12:35.regulate more effectively. While a strong economy is a foundation, a
:12:36. > :12:40.fairer economy is vital, too. That's why I want to do more to spread
:12:41. > :12:44.prosperity and opportunity around the country as our modern industrial
:12:45. > :12:47.strategy would do. It means keeping taxes low and helping people with
:12:48. > :12:53.the cost of living by intervening where markets are failing. By making
:12:54. > :12:57.markets work for working people. It means guaranteeing a decent wage for
:12:58. > :13:00.all with a higher national living wage and not just protecting that
:13:01. > :13:06.enhancing the rights and protections for people at work as we leave the
:13:07. > :13:12.EU. With a strong and a fair economy, we will invest in our vital
:13:13. > :13:16.public services, give people dignity and security in old age with annual
:13:17. > :13:21.increases in the state pension and invest in keeping our country safe.
:13:22. > :13:25.Retaining Trident, increasing the defence budget and backing the
:13:26. > :13:31.finest police and intelligence services anywhere in the world. For
:13:32. > :13:35.keeping our country safe should be the number one priority for any
:13:36. > :13:39.Prime Minister and any government. Yet in this election there is one
:13:40. > :13:46.leader who has made it his life's ambition to get rid of Trident and
:13:47. > :13:49.one who is committed to keeping it. One leader who has boasted about
:13:50. > :13:55.opposing every single counter terror law and one who has been responsible
:13:56. > :13:59.for passing them. One leader who has opposed the use of shoot to kill and
:14:00. > :14:03.given cover to the IRA when they bombed our citizens and who now in
:14:04. > :14:09.the midst of an election campaign wants to do all he can to hide or
:14:10. > :14:13.deny those views. That's not leadership, it's an abdication of
:14:14. > :14:16.leadership. It's a failure to meet even the minimum requirement of the
:14:17. > :14:21.job of Prime Minister to keep our country safe. Safeguarding the
:14:22. > :14:24.security of our country takes leadership. That's Wiseman 's 2010
:14:25. > :14:29.in the face of growing threat we protected the budget for counter
:14:30. > :14:33.terrorism policing and increased forces available to the security and
:14:34. > :14:37.intelligence agencies. That's Wiseman 's 2015 when Jeremy Corbyn's
:14:38. > :14:41.front end was arguing for the police to be cut by a further 10% we have
:14:42. > :14:48.not cut the police but protected their budget. It's why we have
:14:49. > :14:49.increased the number of armed police officers, improved cooperation
:14:50. > :14:56.between the police and specialist military units and provided funding
:14:57. > :15:01.for an additional 1900 officers at MI5, MI6 and GCHQ. Despite the
:15:02. > :15:05.progress we have made in recent years, and the successes we have
:15:06. > :15:10.enjoyed, we must do more to respond to the changing track to our country
:15:11. > :15:15.and our way of life. -- the changing threat. And cannot deny the threat
:15:16. > :15:21.from Islamist extremism is one of the greatest we face. I believe it
:15:22. > :15:25.is right that the UK is engaged in taking on and defeating groups like
:15:26. > :15:29.Isis around the world. It is in our own national interest to do so and
:15:30. > :15:36.it is in the interest of the wider world. As our efforts to defeat
:15:37. > :15:40.overseas are ever more successful, they are increasingly seeking to
:15:41. > :15:44.spread their poisonous ideology and to prey on the weak and vulnerable
:15:45. > :15:48.in our own country, inspiring them to commit acts of terror here at
:15:49. > :15:53.home. They exploit the safe spaces of the Internet and social media and
:15:54. > :15:58.they exploit them in the real world, too. The UK has led the world in
:15:59. > :16:02.developing a strategy for preventing violent extremism and it has been
:16:03. > :16:07.highly successful. We are leading international efforts to take on and
:16:08. > :16:13.defeat the ideology of Islamist extremism around the world. But as
:16:14. > :16:20.the threat evolves, our response must do so, too. We cannot go on as
:16:21. > :16:24.we are. Enough is enough. We must do more, much more, to take on and
:16:25. > :16:32.defeat the evil ideology of Islamist extremism that preaches hatred,
:16:33. > :16:37.division and sectarianism. It is an ideology that promotes a false
:16:38. > :16:41.choice tween our western values of freedom, democracy and human rights
:16:42. > :16:48.and the religion of Islam. It is a perversion of Islam and a perversion
:16:49. > :16:52.of the truth. It would only be defeated when people understand that
:16:53. > :16:56.our values, pluralistic, British values are superior to anything
:16:57. > :17:03.offered by the preachers and supporters of hate. We must deny it
:17:04. > :17:08.the safe spaces it needs to take root and grow. Working with other
:17:09. > :17:12.democratic governments, we will regulate cyberspace and prevent the
:17:13. > :17:16.spread of extremism and terrorist planning online. We will continue to
:17:17. > :17:20.support military action to destroy Isis in Iraq and Syria and we will
:17:21. > :17:26.do more to deny this ideology physical space to breed here at
:17:27. > :17:30.home. That means refusing to tolerate extremism of any kind in
:17:31. > :17:35.our country. It means being more robust in identifying it and
:17:36. > :17:40.stamping it out across the public sector and across wider society.
:17:41. > :17:43.This is what we must do if we are to come together as a country and
:17:44. > :17:49.tackle this extremism in our midst. Not just violent extremism, but the
:17:50. > :17:55.whole spectrum of extremism, starting with the bigotry and hatred
:17:56. > :18:00.that can so often turn to violence. As I said yesterday in response to
:18:01. > :18:04.the attack on our country, the third in as many months, because of the
:18:05. > :18:08.changing nature of the threat we face, we need to review our
:18:09. > :18:12.counterterrorism strategy to make sure that peace and security
:18:13. > :18:15.services have all the powers they need -- police and security. That
:18:16. > :18:19.means increasing the length of custodial sentences for terrorism
:18:20. > :18:26.related offences, that is what we will do. These proposals, set out in
:18:27. > :18:30.our manifesto, are founded on a deep understanding of the threat we face.
:18:31. > :18:33.They may be uncomfortable for some to contemplate but nothing is more
:18:34. > :18:41.important than keeping our country safe. That is what strongly the ship
:18:42. > :18:45.is about. Setting up, facing up and doing what's right for Britain --
:18:46. > :18:51.strong leadership. That is and will always be my approach. I just want
:18:52. > :18:52.to do what's better our country. To get on with the job in front of me
:18:53. > :19:01.and to lead Britain forward. A year ago I launched my cameth
:19:02. > :19:05.campaign for the leadership of the Conservative Party in this very
:19:06. > :19:09.room. I said at the time that I'm not a showy politician, I don't tour
:19:10. > :19:13.the television studios, gossip about people over lunch, I don't go
:19:14. > :19:19.drinking in Parliament's bars, I don't often wear my heart on my
:19:20. > :19:23.sleeve and this's true. I said then and I say now, that if ever there
:19:24. > :19:29.was a time for a Prime Minister who is ready and able to do the job from
:19:30. > :19:33.day one, this is it. Because there's no time for learning on the job. The
:19:34. > :19:39.demands of the role are significant. The ability to master the details
:19:40. > :19:44.are crucial. And the need to make big important December sixes are
:19:45. > :19:50.inescapable -- decisions are inescapable. We have no time to
:19:51. > :19:55.waste. I offer myself as Prime Minister once more with a resolute
:19:56. > :20:02.determination to get on with the job of delivering Brexit, confidence
:20:03. > :20:08.that I can get a deal that I can work for all. I have the will and
:20:09. > :20:13.experience to build for a better Britain. That is what the election
:20:14. > :20:18.in three days' time is about. It's about who can provide the leadership
:20:19. > :20:23.to do what is right for Britain. And with the support of people across
:20:24. > :20:26.the country at the ballot box on Thursday, that's what I will do.
:20:27. > :20:45.Thank you. APPLAUSE.
:20:46. > :21:01.I can take some questions from the media. Who do we have here? Goodness
:21:02. > :21:07.me! A whole host of media. Gary? REPORTER: This morning, Cressida
:21:08. > :21:12.Dick said that in the light of the attack over the weekend, absolutely
:21:13. > :21:16.we need to look at having more police, more forensics, more
:21:17. > :21:21.intelligence officers. Do you agree, and would that mean you were wrong
:21:22. > :21:24.to cut numbers? Well, Cressida Dick has said that the Metropolitan
:21:25. > :21:27.Police are well resourced and they are. She's said they have powerful
:21:28. > :21:31.Counter-Terrorism capabilities and they do. We have protected
:21:32. > :21:35.Counter-Terrorism policing budgets, we have funded an uplift in the
:21:36. > :21:40.number of armed police officers and, from 2015, as I said in my speech,
:21:41. > :21:43.we are protecting police budgets, despite the fact that Jeremy
:21:44. > :21:48.Corbyn's frontbench suggested that police budgets should be cut by up
:21:49. > :21:52.2010%. But it's also about the powers that you give to the police
:21:53. > :21:58.and I've been responsible for giving the police extra powers to deal with
:21:59. > :22:03.terrorism. Jeremy Corbyn has boasted he's opposed to those powers and
:22:04. > :22:08.opposed the powers for anti-terror actions throughout his time in
:22:09. > :22:12.Parliament. I also support absolutely shoot-to-kill and I think
:22:13. > :22:16.what we saw on our streets on Saturday was how important that was.
:22:17. > :22:23.Those police officers within eight minutes had shot the three attackers
:22:24. > :22:25.and killed them and that saved countless lives.
:22:26. > :22:36.APPLAUSE. Beth? Thank you, Prime Minister. A
:22:37. > :22:41.question on those police cuts. You talked today about stamping out
:22:42. > :22:45.extremism in communities and preventing young people becoming
:22:46. > :22:49.radicalised. But isn't it the fact that 20,000 police cuts has meant
:22:50. > :22:52.that there have been cuts to neighbourhood policing, cuts to
:22:53. > :22:57.community policing and cuts in exactly the place where you need to
:22:58. > :23:00.stop this ideaology growing? Was this raised while you were Home
:23:01. > :23:04.Secretary as a problem and what are you going to do about it? Thank you.
:23:05. > :23:08.Well it's absolutely right. I've set out in my speech today that I do
:23:09. > :23:12.think we need to make a much Morrow bust approach to dealing with
:23:13. > :23:17.extremism in this country, I think there has overall. We have made
:23:18. > :23:20.progress on this. I introduced a counterextremism strategy whilst I
:23:21. > :23:24.was Home Secretary. But I think we have seen overall too much tolerance
:23:25. > :23:29.of extremism in our society. So we do need to deal with it. That is why
:23:30. > :23:34.in our manifesto we have set out a step that I think will be the first
:23:35. > :23:37.country in the world to take which is to introduce the commission on
:23:38. > :23:42.countering extremism. That will be working with the public sector, but
:23:43. > :23:46.also with civil society, with organisations and individuals both
:23:47. > :23:50.to promote our pluralistic British values but also to help people
:23:51. > :23:53.identify extremism and be able to know how to deal with that
:23:54. > :23:57.ex-treeism when they see it. That's the first time any country's taken
:23:58. > :24:03.that step. I believe that's important and I believe that will
:24:04. > :24:11.help us in that necessary task of stamping out extremism. Andy?
:24:12. > :24:14.REPORTER: Thank you very much. Prime Minister, you accuse those who were
:24:15. > :24:18.concerned about police cuts of crying wolf. Do you accept now that
:24:19. > :24:22.you were wrong to say that, that they were raising legitimate
:24:23. > :24:28.concerns and, do you commit to restore those 20,000 police officers
:24:29. > :24:32.that were cut since 2010? I have answered the question about
:24:33. > :24:37.policing, but I am very happy to repeat what we have been doing in
:24:38. > :24:40.policing, which is, we have been protecting Counter-Terrorism
:24:41. > :24:45.policing, we have provided funding for an uplift in armed policing. We
:24:46. > :24:49.have from 2015, proticketing police budgets. The Labour Party, Jeremy
:24:50. > :24:53.Corbyn's frontbench said the budgets could be cut by up 2010%, we said
:24:54. > :24:57.no, we are going to protect the budgets. It's also about the powers
:24:58. > :25:01.that you give to the police and I have been responsible, through a
:25:02. > :25:05.number of pieces of legislation I've introduced to give extra powers to
:25:06. > :25:09.the police to teal with terrorism. Jeremy Corbyn's boasted he's opposed
:25:10. > :25:15.every single piece of anti-terror legislation since he came into
:25:16. > :25:18.Parliament. Laura? REPORTER: Prime Minister, the most
:25:19. > :25:22.direct experience that members of the public see in terms of efforts
:25:23. > :25:26.of the Government to keep us safe is the number of police on the streets.
:25:27. > :25:30.On your watch as Home Secretary, the number of armed police officers
:25:31. > :25:34.fell, it's still lower than it was in 2010, the number of officers fell
:25:35. > :25:38.in total by 10 20,000, as we have heard, and also control orders that
:25:39. > :25:45.monitor terrorists were watered down. If you mean what you say this
:25:46. > :25:49.morning, that this should be the number one priority, to keep people
:25:50. > :25:53.safe, would it not be leadership to say you reverse the cuts? You
:25:54. > :25:57.mentioned the control orders there, of course they were being knocked
:25:58. > :26:02.down in the courts and that's why we looked at the issue of control
:26:03. > :26:07.orders, but ensure that the police and Security Services had powers in
:26:08. > :26:11.their remit to be able to deal with people who would do us harm. That's
:26:12. > :26:15.what we have done, we have enhanced the powers for the police, we have
:26:16. > :26:18.ensured that the security and intelligence agencies have the
:26:19. > :26:21.powers they need through the investigatory powers act that I
:26:22. > :26:27.introduced when I was Home Secretary. This is about ensuring
:26:28. > :26:32.that police and Security Services are able to do the job that we want
:26:33. > :26:35.them to do. We have protected the Counter-Terrorism policing budgets,
:26:36. > :26:40.as I say, we are funding an uplift of I think it's 1500 armed police
:26:41. > :26:45.officers, but it's not just about resource, it's about the powers
:26:46. > :26:49.people have. As I said earlier on in response to a question, I fully
:26:50. > :26:53.support the police in shoot-to-kill and we saw on Saturday night how
:26:54. > :26:57.important it was for them to be able to act on our streets to protect
:26:58. > :27:00.British citizens. Nick?
:27:01. > :27:07.REPORTER: Thank you, Prime Minister. You've said that the time has come
:27:08. > :27:10.to tackle not just violent extremism, but extremist ideaology.
:27:11. > :27:13.Does that mean that you've changed your mind because you will remember
:27:14. > :27:18.you had a very public row with Michael Gove in 2014 when he said
:27:19. > :27:22.that you and your officials were prepared to tackle violent extremism
:27:23. > :27:26.but not extremist ideaology. So are you now agreeing with what Michael
:27:27. > :27:30.Gove said then which is that you need to drain the swamp and not
:27:31. > :27:36.simply beat back the crocodiles from the boat? I've been very, very clear
:27:37. > :27:40.clout actually that it wasn't just about violent extremism, it was
:27:41. > :27:44.about extremism and that's why, when I was Home Secretary, we introduced
:27:45. > :27:47.the counterextremism strategy. You can look back, I've made various
:27:48. > :27:52.speeches over the years where I've said that we do need to deal with
:27:53. > :27:58.extremism, not just the violent extremism. But what we've now seen
:27:59. > :28:01.is a change in the threat that we face, an increased diversity in the
:28:02. > :28:05.threat that we face and I think it is important for us to respond to
:28:06. > :28:09.that. That is what you would expect a Government to do. As I said, while
:28:10. > :28:15.we have made progress in relation to extremism, I believe there has
:28:16. > :28:20.overall been too great a willingness to tolerate extremism, that's why we
:28:21. > :28:27.need to take further action. Chris? REPORTER:? Prime Minister, I know
:28:28. > :28:31.you blame the courts for getting rid of control orders but why not bring
:28:32. > :28:36.them back and do you regret getting rid of them so soon? No, the control
:28:37. > :28:41.orders were increasingly knocked down by the courts. We introduced
:28:42. > :28:45.the terror investigation measures, we enhanced those most recently to
:28:46. > :28:48.ensure that the police and Security Services have the powers they need.
:28:49. > :28:54.We have also given the police additional powers in a variety of
:28:55. > :28:57.ways. For example, the ability to take a passport away temporarily at
:28:58. > :29:04.the border, to then if they think they're leaving the country perhaps
:29:05. > :29:07.to two to fight in Syria, for example, and to see if they can
:29:08. > :29:10.prosecute that individual. We have looked at ensuring that people have
:29:11. > :29:15.the powers they need. We need to continue to do that as we see a
:29:16. > :29:26.different threat and that is what I am committed to doing. Ben?
:29:27. > :29:28.REPORTER: You talked about protecting the Counter-Terrorism
:29:29. > :29:32.policing budget, but what about the neighbourhood policing budget? We
:29:33. > :29:37.saw huge cuts to that, the officers on the ground, the eyes and ears to
:29:38. > :29:41.generate intelligence, was it a mistake to cut those? We are
:29:42. > :29:45.protecting police budgets. What we saw in 2015 was the Labour Party
:29:46. > :29:49.frontbench under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership saying they'll be happy
:29:50. > :29:53.to see police cuts that they thought it was possible to have police cuts
:29:54. > :29:59.of 5-10%, we said no, we are protecting the budgets. Harry?
:30:00. > :30:04.REPORTER: REPORTER: Thank you, Prime Minister.
:30:05. > :30:08.Overnight around the word we sue a slew of headlines suggesting Britain
:30:09. > :30:13.is reeling and London is under siege which is not an image that many
:30:14. > :30:17.commuters recognise this morning. What is your response to those that
:30:18. > :30:20.say Britain is towering? We have seen the British resolute spirit and
:30:21. > :30:24.resolute British determination to get on with life and show that
:30:25. > :30:28.business is as usual. We saw that following the Manchester attack and
:30:29. > :30:33.we saw it and we are seeing it today in London. People here in the UK are
:30:34. > :30:42.going about their business because we will not allow the terrorists to
:30:43. > :30:45.defeat us. We will defeat them. George?
:30:46. > :30:49.REPORTER: Prime Minister, I wondered if you would like to say anything
:30:50. > :30:53.about the way that Sadiq Khan's handled this crisis and whether you
:30:54. > :30:58.have any views on the interventions of foreign world leaders in this
:30:59. > :31:02.issue so soon after an attack? I think Sadiq is doing an excellent
:31:03. > :31:07.job and Sadiq - I've chaired a second cobra meeting this morning,
:31:08. > :31:11.Sadiq Khan's been present and was present at the cobra that I chaired
:31:12. > :31:15.yesterday - we are working together. We are working with the Mayor of
:31:16. > :31:19.London and with City Hall to ensure, for example, that the transport
:31:20. > :31:27.network's been able to get back up and running so people can go about
:31:28. > :31:31.their business. REPORTER: By and large, this
:31:32. > :31:35.election south of the border has been about Brexit but north of
:31:36. > :31:40.border it's been largely about independence. Nicola Sturgeon
:31:41. > :31:45.believes she has a double mandate to demand from you another independence
:31:46. > :31:49.referendum. She got most seats and votes in the 2016 Holyrood election
:31:50. > :31:54.and she had a clear mandate from the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish
:31:55. > :31:59.voters would like to know a precise answer to this question - can you
:32:00. > :32:04.tell us what the precise reason is that you believe she does not have a
:32:05. > :32:08.mandate? I've been very clear that now is not the time to be talking
:32:09. > :32:12.about a second independence referendum in Scotland. First of
:32:13. > :32:14.all, we are going into the Brexit negotiations as a United Kingdom.
:32:15. > :32:18.Now is the time we need to work together, not be trying to pull
:32:19. > :32:23.ourselves apart, as Nicola Sturgeon is. I would remind everybody that in
:32:24. > :32:27.2014, it was the Scottish Nationalists who said that vote was
:32:28. > :32:31.a once in a generation, indeed once in a lifetime vote and that vote was
:32:32. > :32:36.to stay part of the United Kingdom. And finally, I would say to
:32:37. > :32:39.everybody, anybody who believes in our precious union, anybody who
:32:40. > :32:43.believes that we are four nations but at heart one people, that we
:32:44. > :32:52.should stay together as a United Kingdom, should vote Conservative.
:32:53. > :32:56.REPORTER: We have had three terrorist attacks in three months,
:32:57. > :33:01.whether it's an issue with policing or whether warnings have been
:33:02. > :33:07.missed, do you regard these attacks as a failure to prevent the attacks
:33:08. > :33:10.by Government, and if so do you worry about what that says about
:33:11. > :33:15.your record? Well, over the past three months, we have had the three
:33:16. > :33:20.attacks. The police and the Security Services have also foiled five other
:33:21. > :33:26.attacks. What we have seen is an increase in tempo and a change in
:33:27. > :33:29.the terrorist threat with terrorism breeding and that is why it's
:33:30. > :33:38.absolutely right that we look at our response to that and we adjust our
:33:39. > :33:40.response when we see the terror threat evolving and the means of the
:33:41. > :33:51.terrorists evolving. REPORTER: Thank you. Prime Minister,
:33:52. > :33:55.you and your Government want to stay party to Counter-Terrorism proposals
:33:56. > :34:00.after brx it that operated by the European Union such as the Schengen
:34:01. > :34:04.agreement. As you know, threads thoz are subject to the jurisdiction of
:34:05. > :34:09.the European Court of Justice, so do you accept that if you want to keep
:34:10. > :34:13.hold of the tools, you are going to have to compromise exiting the
:34:14. > :34:18.European Court of Justice, or do you have an alternative plan that would
:34:19. > :34:21.allow you to do both? The Schengen information system is not just about
:34:22. > :34:25.terrorism, but soarious and organised criminals as well, it's
:34:26. > :34:29.about identification of people travelling across borders and, as
:34:30. > :34:35.part of the negotiations, we'll be looking at that and other programmes
:34:36. > :34:39.and projects and arrangements of cooperation that we have currently
:34:40. > :34:41.as a member of the European Union which would lapse when we leave the
:34:42. > :34:45.European Union and to continue to have those in future. There will be
:34:46. > :34:48.a number of areas in the negotiations where currently the
:34:49. > :34:51.European Court of Justice has jurisdiction and as part of the
:34:52. > :34:55.negotiations we'll need to be looking at how we can ensure there
:34:56. > :34:59.is appropriate oversight of the use of those but I'm very clear the
:35:00. > :35:01.European Court of Justice and its jurisdiction in the UK will be
:35:02. > :35:17.ended. Last night Jeremy Corbyn said he'd
:35:18. > :35:22.consider any requests for new security powers from the Security
:35:23. > :35:26.Services. I wonder whether you could match that and can I ask also about
:35:27. > :35:30.revelations overnight that one of the camers in the latest attack
:35:31. > :35:33.appears to have featured in a Channel 4 documentary last year
:35:34. > :35:40.waving an Isis flag in a London park. When you say we have been too
:35:41. > :35:44.tolerant, is that what you meant? The police have identified all
:35:45. > :35:49.three. As and when progress allows, they'll release the names so I can't
:35:50. > :35:55.comment on the individuals and it is of course still an ongoing
:35:56. > :35:59.investigation. As to Jeremy Corbyn's claim that he'd consider any powers
:36:00. > :36:04.that the Security Services asked to have for the future, I would simply
:36:05. > :36:07.say to people look at the different records. As Health Secretary, I
:36:08. > :36:12.increased powers available to the police and Security Service to deal
:36:13. > :36:15.with terrorism. Jeremy Corbyn's bothed that he's opposed every
:36:16. > :36:16.single piece of anti-terror legislation since he came into
:36:17. > :36:44.Parliament. REPORTER: (Inaudible) I'm clear
:36:45. > :36:51.Sadiq is doing a good job as Mayor of London. We are working with him
:36:52. > :36:58.together and that's Parliament. His officials are working together to
:36:59. > :37:03.ensure that we are responding to the attack and looking at the work the
:37:04. > :37:06.police are doing to give the public extra protechion and reassurance. We
:37:07. > :37:13.want people to go about their business. We are very clear that we
:37:14. > :37:20.will not allow the terrorists to harm our way of life our democracy.
:37:21. > :37:22.Somebody at the back that I can't see?
:37:23. > :37:25.REPORTER: You have talked a lot about the reasons why you have
:37:26. > :37:29.called this election. I wonder if you could tell us how many seats to
:37:30. > :37:35.you need to win to justify that decision? I have, throughout my many
:37:36. > :37:39.years in politics, always been very clear. I never set expectations of
:37:40. > :37:44.that sort and predict election results. What I do is go out and
:37:45. > :37:49.campaign to earn the trust and support of the British people.