LABOR is today unveiling its plans to overhaul the police and fix Britain’s borders.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has vowed to “re-establish policing” and crack down on shoplifting, phone theft and anti-social behaviour.
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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper vowed to ‘rebuild neighborhood policing’Credit: AFP
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New Border Security Commander Martin Hewitt has told of his ambitious plan to ‘turn the tide’ of migrants in the canal for the first timeCredit: PA
An extra £500m has been allocated to put more bobbies on the beat and rebuild links between communities and local police.
Meanwhile, new Border Security Commander Martin Hewitt yesterday outlined his ambitious plan to “turn the tide” of migrants from the Channel for the first time.
Writing in The Sun six weeks after getting the job, the head of Sir Keir Starmer’s new unit reveals how he will work with international banks and social media companies to catch people smugglers.
Operations are also underway to disrupt their supply chain of equipment, including dinghies and life jackets, with Hewitt vowing to “constantly attack” their nefarious business model.
Mr Hewitt is recruiting 100 extra intelligence and investigation officers and increasing the UK’s presence at the EU law enforcement agency Europol.
Mr Hewitt said: “With the ongoing small boat voyages to the UK, organized crime networks exploiting vulnerable people and the tragic loss of life in the canal, people are rightly demanding that the Government take control. I am determined that we will turn the tide.”
Border Security Command will receive £150m of government funding over the next two years.
Yesterday, Ms Cooper used a speech at a conference in London to announce a review of Britain’s “outdated” and “heavily eroded” police force with new targets for underperforming forces and centralized IT and forensics units.
Yesterday, she promised: “Neighborhood policing will rebuild.”
My job is to hold on tight
Martin Hewitt, Border Security Commander
WHEN I took on the role of Border Security Commander I had no illusions about the challenges ahead.
If we are to stop people getting into these crowded, flimsy boats which are effectively death traps, and secure our border as the UK public expects, we need to work with other countries to ensure that prevention happens long before migrants even arrive to the French shores.
We will work with the banking sector, with social media companies to stop advertising and we will constantly attack their equipment supply lines.
Yvette Cooper on migrants
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