Labour attacks police cuts as figures show fall in charging rates

The government announced last week an additional £970m in police funding for 2019.Labour has accused the government of putting people in danger through police cuts, after figures showed that the proportion of arrests for suspected violent offences that led to a charge had fallen by a third in two years.The figures, which come days after a new funding settlement for police was criticised as insufficient, showed it was not possible to “keep people safe on the cheap”, said the sha