Labour: Soft on Crime, Soft on Prevention
27 Oct 2025
❌ Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan broke his pledge to keep a police front desk in every borough. Soon, Waltham Forest will lose its only one, in Chingford.
❌ He also promised 1,300 extra officers, yet the Met has just announced it will axe 1,700 officers, PCSOs and staff!
❌ Labour’s Council has extended the borough-wide Public Space Protection Order to 2028 – but residents say it’s barely enforced.
✅ The Lib Dems will:
- Keep Waltham Forest’s last front counter service open.
- Put more bobbies on the beat by cutting back-office waste.
- Stop the removal of our local officers to Central London.
Lib Dem campaigner Alex Marshall-Lewis said, “Front desks are a vital place of refuge, especially for those fleeing domestic abuse. We need real community policing, not cuts.”