Labour is today setting out our plans to protect neighbourhood policing. We are identifying savings which will enable police forces to safeguard over 10,000 police officers over the next three years and legislating to introduce a new Local Policing Commitment, which makes sure police forces guarantee neighbourhood policing in every area.

 The announcement comes as Labour launches our Crime and Justice Manifesto today.

To safeguard over 10,000 police officers, Labour will make £800 million worth of efficiency savings including scrapping expensive police and crime commissioners; ending the police subsidy of gun licenses; and mandating joint procurement and sharing support services. The Tories have ruled out all of these savings and only have a plan to cut more police.

Alongside the commitment to protect over 10,000 police officers from the cuts, Labour’s Crime and Justice Manifesto sets out plans to:
• Put victims at the heart of the criminal justice system -; by introducing the country’s first ever Victims’ Law.
• Prevent crime before it occurs
• Tackle child sexual exploitation and violence against women and girls
• Build a justice system fit for the 21st Century
• Tackle extremism and the threat of terrorism
Because of the Conservatives’ decisions, neighbourhood policing -; the foundation of good British policing -; is at risk of disappearing, whilst increasing numbers of serious criminals are being let off the hook.

Labour has a better plan. We will make different choices, finding savings to safeguard 10,000 officers in the next three years. We will ensure victims are at the heart of the criminal justice system with the country’s first ever Victims’ Law. And we will ensure the police have the powers they need to keep us safe, including proper controls for dangerous terror suspects.

Dr Matt Lamb, Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Wyre Forest.

Promoted by Jerry Bartlett on behalf of Dr. Matt Lamb both at Wyre Forest
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