Suella Braverman clashed with a Sky News presenter on Monday (28 August) over the Conservatives' figures for police recruitment.<br /><br />The Home Secretary spoke after police were ordered to investigate every theft and follow every "reasonable" lead in solving crimes.<br /><br />Jayne Secker challenged the Home Secretary over her claim that 20,000 additional police officers had been recruited.<br /><br />"You've lost 20,000, you've gained 23,000, so you've gained 3000," the host said.<br /><br />"That's wrong," Ms Braverman replied.<br /><br />In July, figures showed that a record number of police officers are quitting - almost 9,200 officers left the police service in the year to March.
