MP backs union on police cuts

A WARRINGTON MP has joined shopworkers’ union USDAW in a campaign against police cuts.
Warrington North MP Helen Jones supports the shopworkers who say that cuts in policing put their members’ safety at risk. She joined the union’s deputy general secretary Paddy Lillis for the campaign launch in the House of Commons.
She said: “With a predicted loss of 250 frontline police officers in Cheshire Constabulary, I am very concerned about the effect on local crime levels.
“We know that Labour’s investment in police made a real difference. Crime fell by 43 per cent because the Labour Government put thousands of extra officers on the street, created PCSOs to give a higher profile to street policing, formed neighbourhood police teams and gave the public a greater say in how their communities are policed.”
She said high-profile police were crucial to keeping workers, shoppers and everyone safe in the communities.