Police numbers have dropped dramatically under Labour, according to Home Office figures published today. In the year from September 2024 to September 2025, there were 1,318 fewer police officers on the books. And it’s not just officers taking the hit:
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said:
“This is a day of shame for Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood whose plans earlier this week had nothing to say about increasing or even maintaining overall police numbers.”
That’s despite Labour’s election pledge to recruit 13,000 extra officers by 2029. Time to rip up another page of the manifesto…
Speaking to Matt Chorley on BBC 5 Live, Shabana Mahmood was asked what the naughtiest thing she has ever done is:
“I think I took a drag on a cigarette when I was a teenager, when I shouldn’t have done, but it did trigger an asthma attack. And so I figured that was God telling me, don’t smoke.”