One area in which we can be certain mass immigration has an effect is housing. More than one third of all new housing demand in Britain is caused by immigration. And there is evidence that without the demand caused by mass immigration, house prices could be 10% lower over a 20-year period.

On 1 October 2010 the BBC reported that the director of the company Peter Boatman had apparently killed himself over the incident. She also suspended the registration scheme for carers of children and vulnerable people. Home Secretary

On 12 May 2010 May was appointed Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equality by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron as part of his first cabinet.

After Cameron became Prime Minister in May 2010 May was appointed Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities giving up the latter role in 2012. She was first elected to Parliament in 1997 as the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead.