I've always championed women in politics. We just get stuck in; politics isn't a game. The decisions we make affect people's lives, and that is something we must all keep to the forefront of our minds.

A number of women have reportedly been victims of what appear to be discriminatory decisions taken by Sharia councils, and that is a significant concern.

If you are from an ordinary working class family, life is just much harder than many people in politics realise.

I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.

Well can I just make a point about the numbers because people talk a lot about police numbers as if police numbers are the holy grail. But actually what matters is what those police are doing. It's about how those police are deployed.

Our manifesto to the British people promised to finish the job of police reform. And that is exactly what I intend to do.