Rudd to announce crackdown on videos glorifying violence amid murders

Amber Rudd has come under fire for presiding over cuts to police officer numbers as finds itself in the grip of a murder wave.

The Home Secretary is set to unveil a strategy which demands social media companies do more to crack down on videos glorifying violence.

But critics have said police numbers have fallen under her and ‘s watch — leaving forces unable to cope with the rising tide of violence. 

The chairman of the Met Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, told ministers ‘enough is enough’ and they must find the cash to beef up policing.

Ken Marsh said while some of the blame should go to social media firms ministers must concentrate on properly funding the police which are at ‘breaking point’.

He told Mail Online: ‘They need to focus more on us and stop trying to pin it on others. Social media is a problem, but it is not the problem we are talking about — which is funding policing correctly.’ 

Lib Dem Home Affairs spokesman Ed Davey told Mail Online: ‘Ministers arguing that it is all social media’s fault would be rather more credible if they hadn’t slashed funding for the police in London and the rest of England.

‘The reality is that officer numbers are down, serious crime is up, and it is time they stopped blaming other people.’

Ministers are under mounting pressure after 50 people have been killed in the capital so far this year — taking the murder rate above New York’s.  

Mr Marsh told Mail Online police officers are having their leave cancelled because forces are under such pressure.

He said: ‘Cops have been taken from the streets, put into specialist roles and reduce the numbers — without the visibility on the streets then you can’t carry on policing London the way we were.

‘How on earth can we expect us to do the same job with 5,000 fewer police officers?

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