Labour backs away from Black Lives Matter with attack on Tories ‘defunding police’ – Daily Express

The hard left anti-racism group says it wants cash invested in services that actually keep us safe like mental health and social care, education, jobs and housing. Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds pitched Labour as party of law and order at its Brighton conference.

He said: No Labour home secretary will ever defund the police.

Thats not our party, thats the Tory party, and they have spent 10 years defunding our police.

Mr Thomas-Symonds promised Labour would bring back neighbourhood policing to increase the eyes, ears and boots on the ground.

Neighbourhood crime prevention teams would be set up to tackle anti-social behaviour.

Video doorbells and WhatsApp groups would be used to create a next generation neighbourhood watch, he added.

In the first year of a Labour government, the party said it would double the number of special constable recruitment to 5,000.

Mr Thomas-Symonds appealed to voters who deserted Labour under Jeremy Corbyn to give them another chance.

He said: We are the party of working people and our first responsibility is to keep you safe. We want to reduce crime not for the sake of sounding tough, but because we know the damage it does to our communities. So I say this directly to people who turned away from us in recent elections look again.

Be in no doubt that Labour is committed to keeping you, your family and community safe.

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Labour backs away from Black Lives Matter with attack on Tories 'defunding police' - Daily Express