“For my part, let me be clear: protecting those in society most at risk of harm, those crushed at the bottom of the heap, those who have been abused by the very people who should have looked after them, is, as home secretary, my job, but I also see it is as my moral duty.”

British former politician, born 1963

Amber Rudd is a British former politician. Born in 1963, she served as Home Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2018 to 2019. She was the Conservative MP for Hastings and Rye from 2010 until she stepped down in 2019. Rudd describes herself as a one-nation conservative. Her political reputation has often been linked to a mix of socially liberal and economically liberal positions, reflecting the broad centre-right tradition she identified with during her time in parliament.