Police will need more funding in next month's spending review to meet the government's pledges to cut crime, the head of the Metropolitan Police has told the BBC. Sir Mark Rowley praised the government's "sensible ambition" to halve knife crime and violence against women and girls, as well as boost neighbourhood policing, but said "ambition and money go alongside each other". The Met commissioner told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that police forces across the country were carrying the "scar tissue of years of austerity cuts". The Home Office said it was "backing the police to protect our communities and keep our streets safe".

Source: The Times May 28, 2025 07:51 UTC