Govt: £25 million to keep Jewish community safe

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An extra £25 million will be invested to keep the Jewish community safe. That's the reassurance from Security Minister Dan Jarvis, following the stabbing of two men in Golders Green. He said the government will do everyrthing in its power to protect people and the funding will boost security and police patrols Report by Johals. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We will do everything that we possibly can to support our Jewish communities and that's

00:04why I'm confirming this morning £25 million of new investment. That's important because

00:10it will give the police additional capabilities to keep our Jewish communities safe. That

00:15takes to £58 million the amount of money that we've invested in keeping our Jewish

00:19communities safe. So I completely understand the concerns. We stand in solidarity with

00:24our Jewish communities. We won't hesitate to take more action if that's required, but

00:29I'm pleased that we have been able to announce this additional resource.

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