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The police protect us. Now let’s work together to protect them.Thousands of people from Oldham and Saddleworth have joined the campaign against the police cuts. More and more residents are fed up with the LibDem-Tory broken promises on university fees, VAT and now cuts to our police.

Sign our petition to send a message to the LibDems and Tories in Westminster that these are the wrong cuts at the wrong time.

These are the wrong cuts at the wrong time. Join our campaign:

Visit: 999wrongcutswrongtime.com

Text: POLICE to 60022

or write to us at: Wrong Cuts Wrong Time Campaign, The Labour Team, Freepost NWW11123, Oldham, OL1 1ZZ

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GUILTY GUILTY GUILTYof breaking their promisesBefore the General Election the LibDems promised Greater Manchester an extra 155 police officers. The Tories promised more police on the beat. Now in Government, they are axing 1,387 police officers.

of going soft on crimeThe LibDem-Tory Government has slashed Greater Manchester Police’s budget by a staggering 23 per cent. Police cuts undermine the fight against crime.

of gambling with public safetyCrime fell by 43 per cent under Labour. Fewer police officers means that the Government is taking a huge gamble in the fight against crime and anti-social behaviour.

It doesn’t have to be like thisThe LibDem –Tory Government are making the wrong cuts at the wrong time. At the same time as spending more than £100 million on unwanted elected police commissioners, they are axing 1,387 police officer jobs. By making this decision, they are undermining the fight against crime and taking a huge and unacceptable gamble with public safety.

Labour is committed to prioritising the police, keeping Bobbies on the beat and protecting the public.

The LibDem-Tory crime record... WRONG CUTSWRONG TIME

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