Home Secretary's own constituents in Witham, Essex say that she has failed them.
Priti Patel has been branded a hypocrite for vowing to crack down on violent crime after she allowed the blight to explode on their doorsteps by backing police cuts.
According to the Sunday People crime cases have surged by over 60% in the heart of Patel's constituency whilst under Tory rule.
Data received from the Office for National Statistics for the district show that in the year to March 2010 there were 598 cases of violence with injury, compared with 965 in the year up to March this year – an increase of over 60 per cent. Street robberies also surged from 35 to 70 over the same period.
In the meantime, police in Essex have also been cut by 15 per cent since 2010 – meaning 535 fewer officers. Witham’s police station closed three years ago as part of a £63million cash-saving scheme.
Recently she had disclosed her plans to combat street violence by ending soft sentences and giving police more protection.
Essex Police is receiving almost £300million in 2019/20, including council tax, a £23million increase on the previous financial year.
