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Labour versus the government on police numbers

Jim Riley

31st August 2011

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To follow up what I wrote about yesterday in terms of policy divides between the main parties, and how easy it is to gather examples that help illustrate points, here is a quick one from today’s Guardian.

Labour claim the police’s job will be harder as a result of planned government cuts

Ed Miliband is looking to use the e-petition process to force a debate in parliament on the government’s plans to trim police numbers. The Labour leader said: “No one will understand why the government is pressing ahead with their plans for 16,000 fewer police officers.”

So, there you go. One to be filed for later!

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You can look in more detail at Labour’s attack on the government’s police reforms from the party’s website here.

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Jim Riley

Jim co-founded tutor2u alongside his twin brother Geoff! Jim is a well-known Business writer and presenter as well as being one of the UK's leading educational technology entrepreneurs.

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