STRAIGHT-TALKING Liz Truss will demand the police up their game dramatically and cut serious crime by 20 per cent if she becomes Prime Minister.
Unveiling her “back to basics” law-and-order package, the no-nonsense Tory frontrunner promised every burglary victim will be visited by an officer.
The Foreign Secretary also pledged to introduce tough targets to ensure serious criminals are brought to justice. Ms Truss wrote in the Daily Express today: “No ifs, no buts, police must solve more crimes.
“When our streets are safer, our communities are more prosperous; when our communities are more prosperous our nation is great.”
She will today set out her crime-fighting package in her battle with former Chancellor Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson as Tory leader and Prime Minister.
Party grassroots members begin voting in the final head-to-head phase of the contest next week.
At the heart of Ms Truss’s plans will be an expectation on the police to cut killings, other serious violence and neighbourhood crime by 20 per cent before the end of this Parliamentary term, currently no later than January 2025.
She will say that a Government under her leadership will publish regular league tables to show how forces perform against the UK trend.
The statistics – which are already collected – will provide transparency and encourage forces to improve.
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