
"Whatever promises the Tory-led Government makes the truth is they are making it harder not easier to crackdown on gangs and foreign criminals. By cutting 16,000 police officers they are weakening the fight against urban crime and gangs.
"We welcome the police and UKBA working more closely together, and it has worked in the past in London. But that was before Theresa May pulled the rug from under the police and border staff."