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Do we need 10,000 extra police officers?

Labour vows to put 10,000 additional police on the streets if they win the GE

Labour is promising to put 10,000 additional police on the streets of England and Wales if they win the General Election on 8th June. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said it would be funded by reversing Conservative cuts to capital gains tax.

Diane Abbott, shadow home secretary, says there has been an increase in certain categories of violent crime that "frightens the public the most" but Home Secretary Amber Rudd says Labour's proposal is "totally without credibility".

(Image: Anonymous police officers. Credit: Getty Images.)

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