It might sound strange coming from a home secretary - I'm a big fan of immigration and what it means for our country, in terms of how it makes us stronger.

Let trusts get on and recruit internationally and stopping blocking medics from coming here to care for our sick.

Growing up in Rochdale, I think, all the kids in my street, pretty much every boy was playing cricket. I had four brothers as well, and we played a lot together. When it was just me on my own, I was bowling at a drainpipe.

I'm the British home secretary. My job is to protect the British public.

My father never liked me or my sister, and he never liked our mother either, after an initial infatuation, and in fact, he never liked anyone at all after an hour or two, no, no one except a stooge.

At some point, I came out to a lot of friends and some family, but then I went back in the closet when I started working as an actor in America.

I love being a mother. My children fill me up in many ways, and inspire me in many ways, but I need a partner in my life, and I think most people feel that way.

I love the dignity in the name Philadelphia, but at heart, we're Philly.