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Posts tagged with 'police numbers'

08 Feb 13 3 Comments

Boris Johnson has promised to “keep police numbers high” in the capital. But FactCheck discovers that officer strength is really at a five-year low.

06 Aug 12 8 Comments

“So Boris has failed to honour one of his manifesto promises, and he’s missed by more than 700 bobbies, according to these statistics.”

07 Mar 12 9 Comments

“The actual cash saving this year is nothing like £445. It’s £3.10, barely enough to buy you a pint of beer in a central London pub.”

15 Sep 11 4 Comments

“We can only assume this was a slip of the tongue, rather than an attempt to mislead the House…”