Amber Rudd

Amber Augusta Rudd (born 1 August 1963) is a British former politician who served as Home Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2018 to 2019. She was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hastings and Rye being first elected in 2010, representing the Conservative Party, and stood down from parliament in 2019. She identifies herself as a one-nation conservative, and has been associated with both socially and economically liberal policies.

Quotes

 * I think that now is exactly the wrong time to have a pause. What we have seen this week reinforces the need to make sure we have active communities trying to stop people becoming radicalised. I do recognise what Baroness Warsi said about needing to make more of an effort to sell [Prevent] to communities. We need to do better there to show that this is a safeguarding initiative, it's about protecting young people.
 * "Prevent anti-terror scheme must change, says Jeremy Corbyn", BBC News, 26 March 2017


 * Leaving the EU is harder than a lot of people thought it was going to be
 * "Brexit: Tusk says UK MEPs could sit for 'months or longer'", BBC News (16 April 2019)