Met chief says budget cuts have contributed to rise in violent crime

The Metropolitan police commissioner has said she is “sure” cuts to her force’s budget have contributed to a rise in violent crime, and called for 500 extra officers by the end of 2019.Dick’s comments on an LBC radio phone-in, after a 24-year-old man was stabbed to death in Barking, east London, were in response to concerns over a rise in the level of violent crime in the capital this year.Sadiq Khan, the London mayor, has said he is spending record amounts raised from lo