UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says spending cuts by Prime Minister Theresa May and her Tory government are to blame for the recent rise in crime in the capital London and other part of Britain.
“You simply cannot maintain community cohesion when you slash funding to the police service,” the opposition leader will say Monday, as he launches Labour’s election campaign in London.
The City has recorded over 50 murders as a result of violent attacks since the beginning of the year and is on track to go far beyond last year’s total of 130 murders. It has also surpassed New York, a US megacity with similar size and population, in terms of murders for the first time.
Corbyn, who will hit the local election campaign in London with Mayor Sadiq Khan, will say later in the day that the new push to get Labour candidates into office comes in “the shadow of one of the most violent periods we have experienced in recent times – not just here in London but…