Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Greater Manchester Police will be brought out of ‘special measures’ under the leadership of a Conservative mayor, the party’s candidate for the mayoral elections has promised.
Laura Evans wants the force to ‘get back to fighting crime’ after a damning inspection report found 80,000 crimes went unrecorded in a year.
The former Trafford councillor has accused incumbent Labour mayor Andy Burnham of keeping the situation ‘at arms length’ and failing to offer proper scrutiny.
Similar allegations have been made by the home secretary Priti Patel, who has also given public backing for Ms Evans’ campaign which places policing as its top priority.
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