Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has distanced himself from controversial comments about policing made by Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
Mr Hunt told reporters today: "As many other Cabinet ministers have said, the words that she used are not words that I myself would have used."But I have a productive relationship with her as a colleague and I have always given her the money that she needs to fund police, bring down crime and to fund the immigration and asylum system.""The Prime Minister has said that he has full confidence in her," he added.
"This is an operational policing matter, the police will have the intelligence, they'll have the understanding of what is an effective strategy."Mr Babu went on to accuse Ms Braverman of inflaming tensions with her public discourse of the matter, telling Nick it should have been discussed in private."What's happened is this has been ramped up by the Home Secretary and we have seen an unprecedented, open discussion in the public.
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