Luke Murphy

Luke Murphy

Labour — Basingstoke

Speaking in the House of Commons on 5 January 2026

Debate

Community Policing

Contribution

Happy new year to you and your team, Mr Speaker. I welcome the Government’s neighbourhood policing guarantee, which puts named, contactable officers in every community, and indeed the increased presence of patrols in the Top of the Town in Basingstoke. However, as the Minister knows—we have corresponded on this issue—one of the issues that we in Basingstoke face is the retention of officers, with locally trained officers moving to higher-paid forces such as those in London. What more can the Department do, and what more can I do, to ensure we improve the retention of officers in Basingstoke, including to support community policing?

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