Shadow Home Secretary says policing by consent is under threat

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Shadow Home Secretary says policing by consent 'is under threat'

Diane Abbott adds police resources have been 'cut to the bone'.

Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott

Date - 2nd November 2017
By - JJ-Hutber

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The police service is ‘heading towards crisis’ and the government is in denial, the shadow home secretary said today in her address to police chiefs and commissioners. Diane Abbott, Shadow Home Secretary, hit back at her...

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