London Mayor: Terror will be harder to stop if UK PM May wins election - BBG

London Mayor and a member of the opposition Labour Party, Sadiq Khan, said in an email on Tuesday, it will be harder to stop future terrorist attacks if PM Theresa May wins Thursday’s general election and carries out planned changes to the Metropolitan Police’s funding.

Bloomberg reports that Khan warned the UK capital would lose between 3,400 and 12,800 officers if the premier pushes through budget cuts proposed by her Conservative Party.

Key Quotes via BBG:

“The Conservative plans mean another 400 million pounds ($516 million) of cuts to the Met, as well as between 184 million pounds and 700 million pounds a year because of their changes to the police funding formula.”

“Cuts on this scale would make it harder to foil future terrorist attacks on our city and as Mayor of London I’m simply not willing to stand by and let that happen.”