Lucia Goodwin: Starmer's police officer target risks repeating a failing history

Lucia Goodwin: Starmer's police officer target risks repeating a failing history

Lucia Goodwin is a researcher at Onward and has authored a report on policing Police performance in England and Wales is the worst it has been in a decade, with response times slipping and too many criminals operating with little fear of retribution. To address the problem, the Government has committed £200m to recruit 13,000 new neighbourhood officers. But recent history suggests hiring more officers isn’t the whole solution.  In 2019, the Cons…