Diane Abbott has several numbers on police costs – sadly they are all wrong | John Crace

Shadow home secretary blunders through LBC interview on officer recruitment, making up figures as she goes alongGeneral election 2017 – live updates
Think of a number. Any number. Jeremy Corbyn had thought of a number. He had thought of the number 10,000. That was how many new policemen and women Labour were promising to put on the beat if they won the election. He’d show the Tories he too could be tough on law and order.Think of a number. Several numbers. The shadow home secretary,