The letter has been signed by the likes of Mark Rowley, the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and Maggie Blyth, who for years led the national policing response to violence against women and girls, and she's now the Chief of Gloucestershire Constabulary.

In an unprecedented intervention, 50 police leaders representing every force in the UK united to condemn Labour's soft justice reforms.

In an unprecedented intervention, 50 police leaders representing every force in the UK united to condemn Labour's soft justice reforms.