Sajid Javid downplays police funding boost pledge

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Sajid Javid downplays police funding boost pledge

'Don't put words in my mouth.'.

Home Secretary Sajid Javid

Date - 24th May 2018
By - JJ Hutber- Police Oracle

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The new Home Secretary’s first public encounter with the policing community marked a stark contrast to his predecessor’s “put your pens away” speech last November. Sajid Javid made crowd-pleasing promises to prioritise...

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