Let's face it - knife crime would still not be the issue it has become with the government if a leading policewoman hadn't embarrassed them by pointing out the damage that police cuts have done to Britain's security - from street criminality to terrorist attacks


From Labours watch:7:00AM GMT 24 Feb 2009
Thousands of police officers are to lose their jobs, despite the prospect of increased crime levels during the recession.

Chris Grayling, the Shadow Home Secretary, said: "This has to be the final nail in the coffin of Tony Blair's promise that Labour would be tough on crime. We already have many violent crimes rocketing and crimes like burglaries on the rise again. Because Gordon Brown has wrecked public finances we are going to have fewer police on our streets."