Rising crime has outpaced police recruitment which leaves officers today with higher workloads than when the Tories came to power, new analysis shows.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman boasted of a “record” number of police in England and Wales after the Government met its 2019 target to recruit 20,000 new officers by the end of March of this year.
But while there are around 3,500 more bobbies overall than in 2010 when David Cameron entered No10, 11 of the country’s 43 forces have seen officer numbers shrink since then.
