Today’s political headlines includes former police chiefs warning about cuts, Johnson vows to make UK the greatest place on Earth, Green Part and Plaid Cymru back Lib Dems and Hunt announces plan to build 1.5m new homes for the young.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Former police chiefs issue warning about cuts Johnson vows to make UK \u2018the greatest place on Earth\u2019 Green Party and Plaid Cymru back Liberal Democrats in by-election Hunt announces plan to build 1.5m new homes for the young Johnson campaign funded by developers whose scheme he approved Hunt proposes tax breaks for those who care for relatives at home Gauke warns that Parliament will block no-deal Brexit Tories sell dinner with new Prime Minister for \u00a3300,000
\n<\/strong>Writing<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0The Times<\/em>, five former Metropolitan Police Commissioners claim that Theresa May has brought about the \u2018emasculation of British policing\u2019, warning that resources were at \u2018dangerously low levels\u2019 and that victims had \u2018perilously low expectations\u2019. Yesterday Sir Thomas Winsor, the Chief Inspector of Constabulary, said that some forces were \u2018straining under significant pressure\u2019 owing to complex and growing demands, and poor resources.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Interviewed<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0The Daily Telegraph<\/em>, Boris Johnson has said that he wants to make Britain \u2018the greatest place on Earth\u2019, calling on people to embrace the \u2018fantastic\u2019 opportunities he claims are posed by Brexit. He also\u00a0pledges<\/a>\u00a0to cut stamp duty to tackle the \u2018locked up\u2019 housing market, said the UK\u2019s \u2018most important\u2019 trade deal would be with the EU, and said he would not agree a trade deal with the USA at the cost of accepting \u2018substandard\u2019 food.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Times<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that pro-remain parties are to back a single candidate in next month\u2019s Brecon and Radnorshire by-election, with Plaid Cymru and the Green Party agreeing to back the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Jane Dodds. Dodds said that the agreement was a \u2018historic and courageous decision\u2019, while Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price said that stopping Brexit was in the \u2018best interests of Wales\u2019 and the principle could be applied elsewhere.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Writing<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0The Sun<\/em>, Jeremy Hunt announces his plan to build 1.5m homes for the young, \u2018giving a whole generation a leg up on to the housing ladder\u2019 in order to beat Jeremy Corbyn. He would change the law with a new policy called \u2018Right to Own\u2019 under which councils and Homes England could buy land and commission building on it.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>In an\u00a0exclusive<\/a>, the\u00a0Daily Mirror<\/em>\u00a0reports Boris Johnson\u2019s leadership campaign is being funded in part by the Reubens, a family of property developers whose redevelopment of Millbank Tower he approved, amid controversy, when he was Mayor of London despite it not having any affordable homes. Len Duvall, Labour\u2019s London Assembly group leader, said this \u2018begs the question of whether this is a sign of what\u2019s to come if he enters Downing Street\u2019<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Daily Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that Jeremy Hunt has proposed giving families who look after elderly relatives at home tax breaks, as part of a plan to fix social care. He has promised to publish a social care green paper within 100 days of becoming Prime Minister, including a 10-year funding plan, long-term saving schemes and a cap on care costs.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Sun<\/em>\u00a0says<\/a>\u00a0that Justice Secretary David Gauke has warned Boris Johnson that a no-deal Brexit will be blocked as Parliament \u2018will find a way\u2019 to do so, given there was a clear majority behind such a move. He said that MPs\u2019 recess for party conferences should be cancelled to give more time to find a deal and cautioned that Johnson would lose the next election if there was no deal with the EU.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Daily Mail<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0that the Conservatives used their summer party to auction dinner with the new Prime Minister for \u00a3300,000. Other lots sold at the party fundraiser included a signed photo of David Cameron and Boris Johnson, a flight in a private jet to anywhere in Europe, tickets to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a private champagne party for 100 people in central London, a hunting trip to Scotland, and chances to meet other ministers.<\/p>\n