Police record an increase in serious crimes amid cuts
Labour has called on the government to reverse police cuts
Labour has called on the government to reverse police cuts
Teaching and nursing unions have criticised Home Office plans to make their members responsible for reporting concerns that young people may be involved in knife crime. The teaching union said that schools have had to cut councillors and pastoral supporttest
You can’t keep people safe on the cheap, says Diane Abbott
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England and Wales have lost over 45,000 police officers and staff since 2010.
The number of children thought to be victims has risen by 66 per cent in just two years.
A growing number of services say they are at ‘tipping point’ and will not be able to deliver a professional service if cuts continue.
Acting on orders from the government, the police are protecting a deeply unpopular industry and their tactics are becoming more desperate.
There’s no long-term help from the state for victims once they’ve been identified. If we want to get serious on modern slavery this must change.
I witnessed a 79-year-old woman being kettled by a dozen officers for making tea. Keith Taylor, Green MEP, reports from Kirby Misperton in Yorkshire.