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Residents across Havering have voiced frustration at what they perceive as a lack of police response, with complaints of delayed or absent patrols. Phrases such as “no police” or “police do not come” have become common, with some imagining officers idly queuing in Greggs for sausage rolls rather than responding to 999 calls. The reality, however, is very different.
The NHS body overseeing healthcare in north-east London is still behind on cuts it needs to make, writes local democracy reporter Sebastian Mann.
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“Police do nothing” – it’s a phrase often thrown around when crimes go unreported or when people feel justice hasn’t been served. Many see reporting a crime as a waste of time, believing the police simply won’t act. But perhaps it’s time we change the scenario and take a step back – say, 20 years ago in London.
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Public order events at the time of writing have been dominated by events in Epping linked to the Bell Hotel and its decision to accept a Home Office linked contract in respect of the housing of migrants. The catalyst for the protest and counter-protest was an alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl; the suspect has been arrested, charged and remanded in custody pending trial.
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London currently has just 36 operational police stations left — thirty-six stations to serve nearly nine million people across a city that spans over 1,500 square miles. And yet, rather than addressing this glaring issue, the Metropolitan Police are faced with even more cuts, with plans reportedly underway to close additional stations due to ongoing financial pressures.
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“People make these decisions sitting in offices. They have no idea what the public have to face. Cuts like this will once again impact us—not them.”
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“The warning lights are flashing across our police force, and today, Labour have failed to stump up the funding needed to stop massive cuts to frontline services,” Chris Philp MP, Shadow Home Secretary, said:
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The go to phrase for many when discussing the police is ‘you never see any coppers’. Unfortunately, we do not see officers as we once did on our streets
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Fund this service properly. Improve officer morale, give them the resources they so desperately need and do not keep promising the box of police officers that is expected to pop up and save the day when needed.
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Parents have been campaigning to keep the current transport system in place for SEND children after the council announced last year that they were planning possible cuts to the current system.
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The majority of officer cuts have been from our frontline. 20,564 officers have been lost since 2010, 20,211, that’s a figure of 98% have been frontline officer cuts.
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We keep hearing Tory claims that they are bringing in more Police to make up for the loss of numbers since 2010, well the cat is well and truly out of the bag. Last week the true picture was revealed when the Home Office was forced to give actual numbers.
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Margaret Mullane, Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Dagenham and Rainham, has been running a sustained campaign to increase policing and police accessibility across the
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Hornchurch mother starts petition in a desperate bid to save transport for disabled children and young people in Havering. Ruth
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“It just feels like they are determined to save money and are taking advantage of a group that can’t speak
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Cost cutting measures include further parking charge increases, closing Romford Market on Sunday and cutting council funded police officers who
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Local activist and campaigner Ruth Kettle Frisby is extremely concerned about the possible cuts to Havering Council’s transport system that
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Today, Labour Prospective Candidate for Dagenham and Rainham Margaret Mullane writes her monthly column for the Havering Daily. The first
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A budget consultation will go live today across Havering looking at proposed cuts that need to be urgently made. Havering’s
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London Sport is extremely concerned by reports that Transport for London (TfL) could cut all uncommitted Healthy Streets funding, approximately £500m. Recent TfL board papers
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