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Sir Keir Starmer has said Priti Patel’s position is now “untenable” and accused the Tories of having “let down the police” over the last 10 years amid a row over pay and policing numbers.
The Labour leader said the government had cut thousands of police jobs and officers had not been offered a pay rise. His comments came after the Police Federation of England and Wales said it no longer had confidence in the home secretary.
Meanwhile, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak’s 10-day quarantine is expected to finish at the end of Monday, after the pair initially opted to take part in a pilot testing scheme that would have allowed them to skip isolation.
Public anger at the proposal forced the prime minister and chancellor into another embarassing U-turn last week but the quarantine period is now due to end.
