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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Anthony France

Met plan to axe half its front desks branded ‘nail in the coffin’ for local policing

Munira Wilson MP and furious residents outside Twickenham Police Station - (Munira Wilson / X /Twitter)

London MPs angered by Metropolitan Police plans to close half its front desks to save money have written to the Home Secretary demanding that she fully commits to funding the force.

Yvette Cooper was warned “further cuts only put another nail in the coffin of community policing”.

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