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2024-06-11 06:23:47 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 75D612C7FBE85C1D2E266FF8C4D49A5C65E1D343AFE92223532E721BBB810C39
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NNN – The claim is not misleading. In 2019, the government promised to recruit 20,000 additional police officers in England and Wales. This figure is correct based on the 2019-2023 increase. See here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/65377091 https://fullfact.org/crime/police-officer-uplift-numbers/ Violent crime has not increased, instead, it has fallen. See here: https://news.sky.com/story/crime-is-down-but-we-still-think-its-a-mean-world-with-some-reason-13122752 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68850952
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