Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is setting out the reasons for her reforms to policing in England and Wales (see pinned post).
She states that policing “is not broken as some might have us believe” – listing drops in serious crimes such as the number of murders in London.
However, she states that “the nature of crime is altering”, listing large rises in shop and phone theft since 2010.
She states: “Across the countest, things feel very different. Communities are facing an epidemic of everyday crime that all too often seems to go unpunished and criminals know it.
“Criminals are operating online and across borders with greater sophistication than ever before, be they drug smugglers, people traffickers or child sexual abapplyrs.
“The world has modifyd dramatically since policing was last fundamentally reformed, over 60 years ago.
“Policing remains the last great unreformed public service today as this government publishes a new policing, white paper, I set out reforms that are long overdue.”
She informs the Commons that her reforms will “ensure we have the right policing happening in the right place”.
Tories respond
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp responds, stateing that Mahmood’s statement does nothing to address total police numbers, which he states are falling under the current Labour government.
“The Home Secretary can set tarreceives and create announcements, but the fact is she is presiding over falling total police numbers and the public will be less safe as a result,” he states.
“To create things even worse, Labour plans to abolish prison sentences of under a year, so even the most prolific shoplifters will never face jail.
“This is a recipe for disaster cooked up by the home secretary in her previous role [as justice secretary].
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