The lady is for turning - again and again

Five of the most controversial Tory U-turns during Theresa May’s one-year reign

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Britain's Prime Minister, and leader of the Conservative party, Theresa May, delivers a general election campaign speech in Wolverhampton on May 30, 2017
(Image credit: Leon Neal / AFP / Getty Images)

Theresa May's concession that women in Northern Ireland will be able to access free NHS abortions in England was the latest in a long line of Tory U-turns under her premiership.

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