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Line 445: In May 2020, May criticised the [[10 Downing Street#Office of the Prime Minister\|chief adviser to the prime minister]] [[Dominic Cummings]] when he broke [[Dominic Cummings#COVID-19 pandemic\|lockdown rules]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom\|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news \|date=30 May 2020 \|title=Theresa May 'understands the anger' of constituents over Dominic Cummings' Durham flit \|url=https://www.wokinghampaper.co.uk/theresa-may-understands-the-anger-of-constituents-over-dominic-cummings-durham-flit/ \|access-date=22 July 2020 \|website=The Wokingham Paper \|archive-date=22 July 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722001022/https://www.wokinghampaper.co.uk/theresa-may-understands-the-anger-of-constituents-over-dominic-cummings-durham-flit/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Glaze \|first1=Ben \|last2=Kirkham \|first2=Jenny \|date=29 May 2020 \|title=Theresa May criticises Dominic Cummings after lockdown breach \|url= https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/theresa-latest-criticise-dominic-cummings-18334318 \|access-date=22 July 2020 \|work=Liverpool Echo}}</ref> She abstained in the vote on the second lockdown in Parliament.<ref>{{cite news \|date=11 November 2020 \|title=Covid: Tory MPs form group to oppose future lockdowns \|work=BBC News \|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-54892107 \|access-date=18 May 2021}}</ref> May ~~has~~had been mentioned as a possible candidate to replace NATO Secretary-General [[Jens Stoltenberg]] following his expected retirement in 2023. In June 2021, British Secretary of State for Defence [[Ben Wallace (politician)\|Ben Wallace]] expressed support for a potential May candidacy, saying "she would be an excellent candidate."<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Chao-Fong \|first1=Leonie \|title=Theresa May would be 'excellent' Nato chief, says defence minister \|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-nato-chief-b1865083.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-nato-chief-b1865083.html \|archive-date=7 May 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|work=The Independent \|location= London \|date=13 June 2021 \|access-date=20 April 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On 13 July 2021, May was one of 24 Conservative MPs who voted against their party, defying the whip for the first time in 24 years, over the government's proposal to cut its foreign aid budget. She criticised the government, saying in an address to Parliament, "We made a promise to the poorest people in the world. The Government have broken that promise."<ref>{{cite news \|title=UK parliament backs foreign aid cut after PM Johnson sees off rebellion \|url= https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-parliament-backs-foreign-aid-cut-after-pm-johnson-sees-off-rebellion-2021-07-13/ \|website=Reuters \|access-date=16 July 2021 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210713153630/https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-parliament-backs-foreign-aid-cut-after-pm-johnson-sees-off-rebellion-2021-07-13/ \|archive-date=13 July 2021 \|date=13 July 2021 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|first=Dan \|last=Bloom \|title=Boris Johnson's deadly cuts to the world's poorest set to face High Court battle \|url= https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/boris-johnson-s-deadly-cuts-to-the-world-s-poorest-set-to-face-high-court-battle/ar-AAMdLbz?li=BBoPRmx \|work=The Mirror \|location= London \|access-date=16 July 2021 \|date=16 July 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=International Aid: Treasury Update \|url= https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-07-13/debates/92FD1E80-7F3E-461D-AC25-F6B79E503131/InternationalAidTreasuryUpdate#contribution-27DB7DBF-0A0D-4ADB-B46D-B338F39DBC5A \|website=Hansard – UK Parliament \|access-date=16 July 2021 \|date=13 July 2021 }}</ref>

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