Sajid Javid offers ‘olive branch’ to police

Minister pledges funding increase for the force in first major speech as home secretary

Sajid Javid
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The home secretary has offered an “olive branch” to rank-and-file police officers following years of acrimony with the government over budget cuts, telling them: “I’m listening, and I get it.”

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