More police funding a ‘drop in the ocean’ for force which costs £3.8 billion

A Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officer outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London (Nick Ansell/PA) - (PA Archive)

An extra £1.1 billion for the police represents a “drop in the ocean” for England’s biggest force, an MP has warned.

Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney said that central London protests had regularly “abstracted away” neighbourhood police officers from her Richmond Park constituency, while Labour MP Chris Vince warned of a “void of experience” across the country as a result of cuts.