The Liberal Democrats has claimed at least 80 robberies a day were left unsolved last year. They're accusing Suella Braverman of becoming ’embroiled in endless scandals’ whilst criminals are being ‘let off the hook’.
The research commissioned by the Lib Dems shines a light on closed crime cases across England and Wales An investigation by the party unveiled that criminals are being ‘let off the hook’ as it accused Suella Braverman of becoming ’embroiled in endless scandals’.
The research commissioned by the Lib Dems shines a light on closed crime cases across England and Wales.Fewer than one in 12 led to a suspect being charged, according to the party. West Midlands Police was the worst performing force, with just 4% of robberies reported in 2022 leading to a suspect being charged, the Lib Dems said.Lib Dem Treasury spokesperson Sarah Olney MP, who commissioned the research, said: ‘These shocking figures show muggings are being effectively decriminalised, with far too many violent criminals let off the hook.
‘People are being left feeling unsafe walking down their own local streets, because this Conservative government has slashed neighbourhood policing to the bone. ‘Crime victims are being abandoned while the home secretary Suella Braverman is embroiled in endless scandals.’
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