Sadiq Khan says ‘huge progress’ made on Met Police funding

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00:00I've said for the last eight and a half years, I believe in being tough on crime, that's

00:05why I funded 1,300 officers, funded 500 PCSOs, doubled the funding the police received, got

00:12neighbourhood teams, but also tough on the causes of crime, investing in youth workers,

00:16youth clubs, mentoring and so forth. It's really important to do both. We need to make

00:21sure we support the police, that's why I was really pleased we got additional money from

00:24the government, an increase of more than 34%. Still want to give the government more

00:29money for next year, but the Met Police Service knows, as do Londoners, since I've been there,

00:35we've more than doubled funding to the police, I'm going to carry on supporting the police.

00:38It sounds like you're hopeful then of possibly reducing those cuts to some extent?

00:41Oh look, what Samar set out a number of months ago was the consequences on the current trajectory.

00:49The good news is there's been huge progress made since then, and over the course of the

00:53next few weeks we're working closely with the Met Police Service, with my team at City

00:57Hall, with the Home Office, to make sure we can support the police as much as we can financially,

01:03but also work with the police to lobby the government in advance of the spending review

01:07next year, oh this year, very partly.