Priti Patel partly responsible for lack of trust in police, says Labour

Keir Starmer places Tories' record on crime at heart of Labour's local election campaign

Priti Patel must shoulder some blame for the public's plunging trust in the police in the wake of Cressida Dick's resignation, her Labour counterpart said on Sunday.

It comes as Keir Starmer placed the Tories' record on crime at the heart of Labour's local election campaign which launched just days after the Met commissioner's departure, and as Boris Johnson faces possible fines for attending parties during lockdown.