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2024-06-10 10:52:39 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A16348497805BADA742B592EFB0D9620B1C5F08FFE687E6D4C25F09B13F7CDE0
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The claim is misleading, between 2010-2019 the Government cut Police funding by 20%. 20,000 officers left the Police service during this period. BBC News - Conservatives plan to recruit 8,000 new police officers - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8vvyd52e44o https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/01/tory-crime-week-policing-police-leads-budget-cuts https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/31/police-chiefs-blame-tory-cuts-for-fall-in-detection-and-charge-rates
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