Only Plaid Cymru is willing to stand up for local policing its deputy leader has claimed. Helen Mary Jones, the Plaid Cymru candidate in Llanelli, said that Plaid’s calls for Wales to take responsibility for policing were focused on protecting the service from the sharp end of Westminster cuts whilst ensuring crime prevention was decided on local needs. Plaid Cymru’s standpoint has received support from within Welsh police forces, the Welsh Local Government Association and amongst the people of Wales.
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