Malaysia News: CORBYN: Theresa May should resign as prime minister over police cuts

Isnin, 5 Jun 2017

CORBYN: Theresa May should resign as prime minister over police cuts

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

LONDON — Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for Theresa May to resign as prime minister over cuts to police she oversaw as Home Secretary.

Corbyn told ITV’s Rachel Younger that he backs calls from “very responsible people” who are “worried” about her record at national security during her time as Home Secretary.

May’s record as Home Secretary prior to becoming prime minister has been under the spotlight amid claims that her decision to slash the number of police officers on Britain’s streets has made the country less safe.

One-time Community Police Officer of the Year, Damian O’Reilly, made a heartfelt appeal to May two years ago to reverse cuts to local policing which had caused intelligence about possible attacks to dry up.

“I have worked in inner city Manchester for 15 years,” O’Reilly told May at a Police Federation conference in 2015.

“I felt passionate about what I was doing [but] in 2010 I had to leave. I couldn’t take it anymore because the changes that have been imposed have caused community policing to collapse.

“Intelligence has dried up. There aren’t local officers, they don’t know what’s happening. They’re all reactive, there’s no proactive policing locally. That is the reality ma’am.”

Official Home Office figures show that there are nearly 1,300 fewer officers on British streets compared to before the Conservatives got into power seven years ago.

This is a developing story…