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There are elections for police and crime commissioners in May, and Starmer reminds the audience he was director of public prosecutions for five years.
That meant working with the police across the country day in, day out.
So I know first-hand that it’s only by tackling the causes of crime that we can have safer neighbourhoods and fewer victims.
Starmer is now repeating the line he used at PMQs yesterday about how his mother and sister worked as nurses, and how his wife works for the NHS. “When I clapped for our carers, I meant it,” he says.
He says these elections are a chance for people to show they care for the NHS.
This election is also a chance to vote against the Conservatives’ tax rises on families – which will take money out of people’s pockets at the worst possible time.
The Conservatives fought the last election with a tax guarantee: the only guarantee now is that families will pay more tax.
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