Labour versus the government on police numbers

To follow up what I wrote about yesterday in terms of policy divides between the main parties, and how easy it is to gather examples that help illustrate points, here is a quick one from today’s Guardian.

Labour claim the police’s job will be harder as a result of planned government cuts

Ed Miliband is looking to use the e-petition process to force a debate in parliament on the government’s plans to trim police numbers. The Labour leader said: “No one will understand why the government is pressing ahead with their plans for 16,000 fewer police officers.”

So, there you go. One to be filed for later!

You can look in more detail at Labour’s attack on the government’s police reforms from the party’s website here.