Labour Manifesto 2017

Labour will recruit 10,000 more police
officers to work on community beats,
equivalent to at least one more for
every neighbourhood in the country.
We will ensure appropriate support
is provided to victims of crime and
introduce legislation for minimum
standard entitlements to service from
criminal justice agencies.
The level of violence against
women and girls is not acceptable.
Labour will emphasise the safety
of women and girls by appointing
a commissioner to set new standards
for tackling domestic and sexual
violence. We will establish a National
Refuge Fund and ensure stability
for rape crisis centres. We will make
age-appropriate sex and relationship
education a compulsory part of the
curriculum so young people can learn
about respectful relationships.
We will strengthen the law, banning
the use of community resolutions as
a response to domestic violence.
the resources and the powers they
need to protect our country and
keep us all safe. We will also ensure
that such powers do not weaken our
individual rights or civil liberties.
When – as they sometimes will –
these aims collide, the exercise of
investigatory powers must always
be both proportionate and necessary.
e will reintroduce effective judicial
oversight over how and when they
are used, when the circumstances
demand that our collective security
outweighs an individual freedom.
Labour will review the Prevent
programme with a view to assessing
both its effectiveness and its potential
to alienate minority communities.
In doing so, we will address the
government’s failure to take any
effective new measures against
a growing problem of extreme
or violent radicalisation.
Labour will continue to enforce
effective measures to prevent all
forms of abuse, including female
genital mutilation.
Security and counter-terrorism
Labour will maintain the cross-border
security co-operation agreements
with our intelligence partners in
Europe and beyond. We will always
provide our security agencies with
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