[ianch99]

Originally Posted by Gavin78

I'm sick to death of reading posts blaiming May for it all it's her fault the police are less than they once were or it's a political move on her part to raise the treat to critical level.

It's none of the above. perhaps if they knew of him they should have kept better tabs and the threat level increase is to protect the country not a political move it really ****** me off.

Police workforce and funding in England and Wales

The number of full-time-equivalent police officers in England and Wales fell by 14%, or almost 20,000 officers, between 2009 and 2016. This has undone the workforce expansion of the 2000s – there are now fewer police officers in England and Wales than there were in the late 1990s.

This reduction in police numbers since the Conservatives came to power does validate the question: have these headcount reductions impacted the Security Services and associated Police units ability to protect us ..