'We know that in a lot of these constituencies, crime and antisocial behaviour is a big concern, and it is why Labour is unashamedly taking this really seriously' 🎙️ Interview
It has all put the “incredibly precious” British model of policing by consent “seriously at risk”.
“People feel like they never see the police. They feel like if something goes wrong, no one comes, nothing is done. And things like the charge rates just collapsing for a whole series of crimes,” she says. There’s no magic model that the UK needs to import from abroad – it needs instead to preserve its own valuable tradition.
“Labour’s view, Keir’s view, is actually: we believe in active government, we believe in government taking responsibility and doing things if something is going wrong in communities, then government has a responsibility to take that seriously and to try to act and to tackle things.” Cooper acknowledges it is not enough to say – as some police forces are doing – that they will simply start refusing to attend those calls. She says she is speaking to colleagues in Labour’s shadow health team about a more long-term solution. Anything meaningful, however, is going to cost cash – and that’s something an incoming Starmer-led administration won’t have.
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