THERESA May, the Home Secretary, wants to cut the police force by 20 per cent, meaning fewer police tackling crime on the streets.
This will just result in more crime, more people going to court and more people ending up in prison.
It is a reckless decision and a false economy.
JANE REEVE Cowley Road Oxford
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