Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has clashed with Rachel Reeves after appealing directly to Sir Keir Starmer for more funding in the Spending Review to fight crime.
Sir Mark, Gavin Stephens, the head of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, and Graeme Biggar, the head of the National Crime Agency, wrote to the Prime Minister to warn him of “stark choices about which crimes we no longer prioritise” if their funding plea is ignored.