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Diane Abbott responds to NAO report on Windrush

Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, responding to the latest ONS quarterly migration statistics, said:

The Government offers only aspirations for a vague security partnership – Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, responding to the Intelligence and Security Committee’s publication into the 2017 attacks

Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, responding to calls for changes to stop and search and for police to be exempt from race discrimination laws, said:

It was Tory governments who cut 21,000 police officers – Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, responding to Immigration Minister Caroline Nokes stating in the House of Commons that UK employers will not need to carry out checks on EU citizens in the event of a no-deal Brexit, directly contradicting what she told Parliament last week, said:

Crisis in policing and crime is a crisis caused by political decision-making – Diane Abbott

Home Office Minister admits police need more resources

Diane Abbott responds to the Government’s Serious and Organised Crime Strategy