The Home Office has today confirmed the officer recruitment targets for every police force in England and Wales for the first year of the unprecedented drive to increase their ranks by 20,000 over the next three years.
Dr Luke Evans, Member of Parliament for Hinckley and Bosworth, said “With this Budget it is clear Labour has deceived the public and broken promises not to raise taxes. Raising National Insurance on employers is, in the Chancellor’s own words, a jobs tax.