Guardian News published this video item, entitled “Yvette Cooper vows to axe Rwanda plan and add 13,000 to police force” – below is their description.
The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has announced a £360m programme to add 13,000 police officers and police community support officers to the force, ‘so that people can be confident that someone will be there to help keep them safe’.
Speaking at the Labour conference in Liverpool on Tuesday, Cooper opened with a tribute to Olivia Pratt-Korbel – a nine-year-old who was shot dead in Liverpool in August – then set out her agenda, which touched on issues including domestic violence, rape and child safety.
Cooper also committed to getting rid of the controversial Conservative immigration policy under which the government tried to send migrants already in Britain and those arriving to Rwanda.
She said: ‘We will work with France to prevent dangerous small boats crossing the Channel and putting lives at risk with a new cross-border police unit to crack down on the criminal gangs who make millions from trading in people and profiting from their lives’
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