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A thin blue line, it's shocking the North West has lost 1,287 police officers

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, says the Government's police cuts go 'too far, too fast' after latest figures reveal the North West is the worst hit region in the country outside of London.

New Labour Party research, based on Home Office statistics, shows that the North West has lost 1,287 police officers compared to the last quarterly figures before the General Election.

Yvette Cooper MP is calling for North West MPs of all parties to vote against the scale of Government’s cuts to their local police force when it's debated in Parliament on February 8.

Nationally police numbers have fallen to the lowest for a decade, with 8,000 fewer officers since the election and 6,000 since last year alone.

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour's Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on police numbers, said:

“It's shocking that the North West has lost 1,287 police officers since the general election.

"The scale of the Tory-led Government's cuts has led to the biggest fall in national police numbers in over a decade at the same time as we are seeing the biggest increase in personal crime.

“David Cameron and Theresa May are letting down communities and turning their backs on the police. They should be battling to cut crime, but they are just cutting the police instead.

“Police numbers have fallen to the lowest for a decade, with 8,000 fewer officers since the election and 6,000 since last year alone. At the same time personal crime including theft and violence has gone up by 11 per cent - the biggest increase in a decade.

“The Home Secretary's 20 per cent cuts go much further than the 12 per cent recommended by the independent inspectorate and supported by Labour.

“The Prime Minister's decision to cut policing too far and too fast when many crimes are increasing is putting communities at risk. MPs of all parties should vote against the scale of Government’s cuts to their local police force in Parliament on February 8.”