Violent crime has shot up over recent years at the same time as devastating Tory and Lib Dem austerity has seen 21,000 police officers taken off UK streets, 760 youth centres closed and schools at crisis point.  Boris Johnson’s promised new officers won’t even replace those lost.

In Parliament, I’ve led a debate on violent crime in our borough, met with the Home Secretary to urge an end to police funding cuts and called for a special fund to help children at risk of school exclusion.  Hundreds of local people signed the open letter I delivered to Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging him to act now on this national emergency.