Today’s report on modern day slavery is an indictment of the Tories’ unwillingness to properly resource our police forces – Diane Abbott

Diane
Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on the HMIC report on
modern day slavery and human trafficking, said:

“This
report is a damning indictment of this Tory government’s unwillingness to
properly resource our police and border forces.

“Modern
day slavery is complex and requires in-depth and sophisticated investigation.
But with the pressure of devastating cuts to police numbers and budgets it
comes as no surprise that investigations are prematurely closed and victims are
not identified.

“The
Tories have simply set our police forces up to fail, whilst the victims of
human trafficking and modern day slavery are left to suffer.”