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Theresa May has outlined her vision for a post-Brexit Britain, arguing that her negotiating strategy could "deliver".

Addressing an audience today at the Royal United Services Institute in London, Mrs May said that an important part of her strategy had been not to try to "fudge" an approach to negotiations which was "half in and half out of the EU". The referendum had demonstrated a clear choice by the British people and it would be a "scandal to do anything other than respect the decision".

Mrs May said Brexit would ensure that Britain took "control" of its money, borders, laws and immigration and that while the UK would "trade and cooperate with our nearest neighbours", it was also a question of reaching out to "old allies and new friends around the world" to trade Britain's goods and services,

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Former Conservative justice minister Dominic Raab dismised as "rank hypocrisy" Jeremy Corbyn's call for the PM to resign over cuts in police numbers.

Mr Raab urged people to judge a prime minister on what they do in practice, adding: "What you saw on Saturday was an effective armed response because what you saw was leadership."

He accused the Labour leader of an overnight "U-turn" in his apparent support for the police shoot to kill policy.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for Theresa May to resign as prime minister for presiding over cuts in police numbers while home secretary.

Mr Corbyn says he backed similar calls by "very responsible people" who are "very worried" about her record.

But, he adds, "we've got an election on Thursday, that's probably the best opportunity to deal with it".

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Theresa May says Britain is showing "it is business as usual" in the wake of the London Bridge terror attack - rejecting claims by overseas media that the UK is reeling.

"What we've seen from the British people is that resolute British spirt - and resolute British determination to get on with life and show that business is as usual," she said.

"People here in the UK are going about their business because we will not allow the terrorist to defeat us - we will defeat them."

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Theresa May says she does not regret getting rid of control orders - saying that she has given the police additional powers.

These enable the police to take away someone's passport if they suspect they are leaving the country to go to fight in Syria, she says.

During her speech Theresa May spelled out the need for reaching a successful deal for Britain in future Brexit talks. She said that "everything depends on getting these negotiations right."

Mrs May said that Britain's "prosperity, place in the world, standard of living and the opportunities we want for our children and our children's children" were all to be decided in the talks.

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BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg asked the prime minister if reversing cuts to police numbers would show greater leadership. She also says that the most direct experience members of the public have that they are being kept safe is by seeing police officers on the streets - and says that control orders for monitoring terrorists had been "watered down".

Theresa May replies, saying control orders had been knocked down in the courts, which is why she had ensured the police had powers within their remit to ward against "people who will do us harm".

She said the government had funded an increase of 1,500 armed officers, adding "it's not just about the resource but the powers the people have".

Theresa May set out the characteristics she sees as being needed for effective leadership in government.

In her speech in London, Mrs May said that it involved "the ability to say the courageous thing and do the difficult thing - to face up to and address the difficult challenges, not to pretend that they don't exist or seek to wish them away. It is about the strength to be straight with people and not just tell them what they want to hear....and to get the job done."

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In a further question on police cuts, Mrs May says she does believe "a more robust approach" needs to be taken to deal with extremism in this country

While progress has been made in counter terrorism, "I think we've seen too much tolerance of extremism in our society so we do need to deal with it".

This is why the UK will be the first country to introduce a commission on countering extremism, she says, adding that this will work with the public sector, civil society, organisations and individuals to help people identify extremism.

"I believe that will help us in that necessary task of stamping out extremism," she said.

Theresa May told her audience at RUSI that while it was right to take a brief pause in campaigning yesterday in the aftermath of the terror attack in London, it was also right for the election campaign now to go on.

What mattered, she said, was to focus on the "crucial question of leadership - because that is what this election is about. It's about which leader and which team people trust to take the big decisions that matter to Britain."

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Labour "will make sure every child gets a lunch every day in school" because "hungry children don't learn very well", Jeremy Corbyn has said.

In a campaign speech, the Labour leader criticised the Conservatives' proposal to fund school breakfasts instead, claiming the funding would amount to "6.7p per child, per day, per breakfast".

He told supporters: "I think you can get about an egg cup full of Rice Krispies for that sort of money. What an insult."

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Theresa May says the Met Police shoot-to-kill policy had "saved countless lives" during Saturday's London Bridge terror attack.

The prime minister was defending her record as a former home secretary following Labour's accusation that while in the post she was responsible for a cut in police numbers.

Mrs May said she supported the shoot-to-kill policy "absolutely", adding: "Those police officers within eight minutes had shot the three attackers and killed them and that saved countless lives."

She said that Met Police chief Cressida Dick had said her force was well resourced, adding that the government had protected counter terrorism policing budgets, funded an uplift in number of armed officers and protected police budgets.

"I've been responsible for giving police extra powers for dealing with terrorism - and Jeremy Corbyn has boasted that he has opposed those powers," she added.