Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer is set to announce that every neighbourhood in England and Wales is set to get a named, contactable police officer. The PM described this plan as giving ‘a relief to millions of people scared to walk the streets they call home.’
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00:00Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce that every neighbourhood in England
00:04and Wales is set to get a named contactable police officer. The PM described this plan
00:09as giving relief to millions of people scared to walk the streets they call home. Home Secretary
00:13Yvette Cooper also added that an extra £100m next year would fund 1,200 new police officers
00:21in order to help meet the government's promise of 13,000 additional neighbourhood police.
00:26Cooper also said that, quote, our Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee is about more than just
00:31increasing numbers, it's about rebuilding the vital connection between the public and
00:35the police, end quote. This pledge comes as part of Sir Keir Starmer's plan for change
00:40which includes targets in key policy areas. These areas include the economy, house building,
00:46the NHS, policing and preschool education. For example, some of these missions include
00:52helping to halve serious crime, to make Britain a clean energy superpower and to build an
00:58NHS fit for the future. But what do you think?