Trade union bosses say plans to close half of London's police station front desks will 'undoubtedly' lead to a rise in crime.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham has blasted the latest revision to the Met Police's cost-cutting exercise as it seeks to close a £260million funding gap.
The force is proposing to permanently reduce the number of public-facing front counters from 37 to 19, despite the fact they were used to report 50,000 crimes last year.
The union claims it has seen plans to only make eight of those 24-hour - killing off a manifesto pledge by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to have one 24-hour front desk in each of London's boroughs.
But last week he claimed 'very few' people now use desks and the cash could be better spent on local policing. Unite says the decision could cost 100 staff their jobs.
