Last June local MP Kemi Badenoch welcomed 177 new officers in Essex as part of the Government’s 20,000 uplift. This month the total stands at 345 additional recruits in Essex since 2019, bringing the total number of officers up to 3,661.
With great regret, I resigned from the government this morning. It has been an honour being Equalities and Local Government minister. It was a privilege to have worked with so many great ministerial colleagues and civil servants in these roles.
In this LBC podcast, Rachel Johnson's Difficult Women, Rachel speaks with women who had to be a pain in the backside to get where they are today. Women who take the word difficult as a compliment not an insult.