PM hails public sector workers in drive for recruits
Forces in England and Wales lost 20,564 officers between March 2010 and March 2019, Home Office figures show.
Meanwhile, the government has also announced plans to hire 1,000 more probation officers in England and Wales by the end of the year, with 800 having started training.being put back in the public sectorShadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds said the PM needed to recruit more public workers"because Conservative governments have cut our public services to the bone".
"It feels pretty rich for the prime minister to talk of valuing the public sector when the Covid-19 crisis has shown just how starkly his government has let down our NHS and social care workers," she added.
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