Matthew Taylor

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Sajid Javid – Our priority ‘must be law and order’

The Tory leadership race is becoming a crowded field, with thirteen candidates now setting out their stalls as they aim for the premiership. Andrew Marr spoke to two of the hopefuls, including Home Secretary Sajid Javid. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Javid wished to talk about boosting resources for the police if he attains the country’s highest political office:

AM: If you’d had your own way, we’d have more police on the beat now?
SJ: Yes… A priority must be crime and law and order… If I was leader and Prime Minister, I would want to see more police on the streets, and I think it’s justified.

‘You have to prepare for no deal’

The Home Secretary also spelled out that while he was in favour of a Brexit deal with the EU, he would be taking the possibility of a no deal exit very seriously:

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