“If, before 2020, there is a choice between further spending cuts, more borrowing and tax rises, the priority must be to avoid tax increases. They would disrupt consumption, employment and investment.”

British politician

Theresa May is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She was Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016, and represented Maidenhead in the House of Commons from 1997 to 2024. She later joined the House of Lords in August 2024 as Baroness May of Maidenhead. May is a one-nation conservative, and she was the second woman to serve as British prime minister. She was also the first woman to hold two of the Great Offices of State.