Does Theresa May have a domestic legacy?

Theresa May isn’t leaving at a time of her choosing, nor has she been able to focus on the domestic policies she listed in her inaugural speech on the steps of Downing Street. But today, as she announced she was resigning, she still tried to set out what she believed was her legacy in tackling the ‘burning injustices’ in Britain. 

It wasn’t a long list, and the achievements on that list were in themselves rather small. She said she had committed more funding to mental health in the NHS long-term plan, which is true. This funding increase was greater than those in NHS England had initially hoped for. But there is such a dearth in provision at the moment, with shortages of acute beds, access to therapy and insufficient doctors and nurses in psychiatry that it will be a long time before those needing mental health care on the NHS really notice any difference.