Ministers’ pledge to raise police numbers dismissed as ‘hypocrisy’

Labour blames Tories for cuts to neighbourhood officers after Boris Johnson unveils policing policies

Ministers have been accused of hypocrisy that knows no bounds" after Boris Johnson said he would increase efforts to get more police on the street despite having cut the number of frontline officers.

The prime minister said the government would redouble our efforts, to continue to put more police out on the street, and to back them all the way".