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An ex-cop has warned of a lack of police funding despite Philip Hammond committing £160million more to counter-terrorism.

The chancellor announced on Monday that police funding for fighting terror will be boosted following warnings about forces' capacity to contain the threat.

But David Videcette, who was in the Met Police’s counter-terror unit for six years until 2010, said that with a spate of violent crime and moped robberies in London, there are grave concerns about police funding elsewhere.

The Budget did not include any commitment to raise funding for wider policing.

Mr Videcette said “I think [the counter-terror commitment] is a good thing, we all need to be safe and it is fantastic to have the resources to do a fantastic job.

“At the same time I worry about the rest of policing, they are not getting the resources they need.

“The rest of policing is suffering. We see people on mopeds, we hear about people getting stabbed in the street.

“It is not terrorism that is causing most of our problems, it is drug dealers on street corners stabbing each other.

“I’m worried about the rest of policing, they are not getting the resources they need.”

The £160m will ensure the number of specialist officers working to investigate and stop attack plots is maintained.

Explaining where the money will go, Mr Videcette said: “Looking at all the devices, phones that we need to look at, that is where the money is going to be used.

“Most people, we have our lives in our telephones, and it’s the gathering of evidence once a suspect has been arrested that we need in order to convict someone in a court of law.

“This person is doing this, the problem is proving it. That can be challenging and that is why the return isn’t good."

It means the ring-fenced counter-terror police budget will total more than £800 million next year.

The increase was confirmed days after the head of the national counter-terror police network said operations are running "red hot".

Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu told MPs on Wednesday: "I would like to tell you that we are matched to the current threat, but the reality is we are not."

In a statement following the Budget announcement, Mr Basu welcomed the extra funding but also called for a similar investment in local policing.

He said: "Just last week I told the Home Affairs Select Committee that the number of live counter terrorism investigations has reached a record high of more than 700 and that we require a longer-term funding arrangement to continue investing in recruitment to meet the unprecedented demand, as well as deliver two huge national ICT infrastructure projects.

"While this funding increase allows us to continue these vitally important projects, I still believe we need to rethink how we fund our world-class counter terrorism network.

"I would also like to reiterate my belief that counter terrorism specialists depend on well-resourced local police forces, and that any move to improve our network will only be truly effective if my Chief Constable colleagues see similar investment in the near future."

Calls for forces to get a cash boost for general policing have intensified in recent weeks following a string of warnings about their ability to tackle crime.

Figures released last week showed the number of arrests by police in England and Wales has halved in a decade.

The reduction was revealed at a time when recorded-crime is going up across a number of categories, including violence and knife-related offences.

The chancellor acknowledged that policing is "under pressure from the changing nature of crime".

He added that Home Secretary Sajid Javid will review police spending power and "further options for reform" when he presents the provisional police funding settlement in December.

Additional reporting by Press Association