Yet again, Jessica Learmond -Criqui suggests the Mayor should hold a referendum on increasing the police precept. And yet again, she refuses to say what level of increase she thinks should be balloted. In my last letter, I explained that to go back to the fully funded Met. we had with the last Labour Government would need a police precept […]
Read moreResponding to new data showing the true scale of police cuts in London, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, Andrew Dismore AM, said: “It’s now clear that the Government’s unwillingness to properly fund London’s police services is compromising the Met’s ability to keep Londoners safe. “With the Met already subjected to government cuts of over £700 million, and […]
Read moreDear editor, Jessica Learmond –Criqui again raises the issue of crime and her obsession with blaming the Mayor for the increase in crime ( even though the increase in London is less than in the rest of the country). Firstly, of course, the real blame for rising crime attaches to the criminals themselves, an obvious fact on which she has […]
Read moreAt today’s London Assembly Mayor’s Question Time Andrew Dismore AM, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, questioned the Mayor on whether he had assurances from the Home Secretary concerning the future funding of the Metropolitan Police (video here) Mr Dismore asked the Mayor: ‘In view of the new Home Secretary’s comments to the Police Federation conference over the […]
Read moreThe problem is that the Metropolitan Police is underfunded, due to massive cuts in its budget from Central Government resulting in a significant loss of police officers across London The Conservative Government has imposed cut after cut on the Met.’s budget. Since 2010, the Met.’s Government grant funding has fallen by more than £700 million, nearly 40 per cent in […]
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