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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rowena Mason, Ben Quinn, Rajeev Syal and Vikram Dodd

Yvette Cooper condemns Nigel Farage’s criticisms of police

Police in hi-vis jackets accompany a protest march featuring several people holding St George’s Cross flags
Police accompany a protest march from outside Epping’s Bell hotel, where refugees are being housed, to the civic centre where a council meeting was due to take place. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Yvette Cooper has condemned Reform UK for criticising the policing of protests outside a hotel for asylum seekers.

The home secretary said officers deserved public support instead because they kept the country safe.

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