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Labour have urged MPs to join them to vote down Tory police cuts, which they say amount to a real terms budget decrease of more than £100 million.

The party has challenged Conservative members to join them in the voting lobbies when the annual Police Grant Report is laid before Parliament today.

The provisional report, published in December, was criticised by the National Police Chiefs’ Council, who said the settlement “does not fully meet the level of investment identified as necessary.”

Since then a leaked document from Chief Constables and PCCs has warned that forces have “increasing difficulty in sustaining local policing” and “the degradation of this capability is accelerating.”

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Overall, the Grant Review will amount to a real terms reduction in direct government funding of around £119m for 2018/19.

Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott said: “The Government has repeatedly promised to protect police funding and have repeatedly broken that pledge. The latest police grant is yet another cut in real terms.

“Under the Tories the police have become increasingly under-funded and overstretched. We are calling on Conservative backbenchers to oppose yet more slashing of police funding, and to vote for the safety of their communities.

“Under this Government, the fight against crime is being compromised. Labour in government will add 10,000 police officers and provide the resources they need."