Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced that thousands of new police officers are going to be added to forces across the country over the next year. He promised a summer crime "blitz", ordering police chiefs to conduct more visible foot patrols using their new officers - or risk losing out on funding.

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Starmer said that this is the first step in a plan that he says will see 13,000 more........

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