Lbc
@lbcofficial·1.5M subscribers·17.3K videos
James O'Brien asks: 'Why aren't Brits joining the police?' | LBC
Posted
June 12, 2025
Views
32,720
Likes
391
Comments
630
Engagement
3.12%
June 12, 2025
32,720
391
630
3.12%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
11:59Now PlayingPolice leaders have warned that they will struggle to fulfil the government's recruitment promises following the recent Spending Review, and "the public will pay the price". 13,000 additional officers were promised by Labour.
Some of this is down to the £1.2 billion shortfall in police spending which is expected to grow, some of this is down to recruitment.
James O'Brien asks why the police are struggling to attract applicants. He suggests it's not an attractive prospect anymore due to unrest in the streets, and that 'they get it in the neck for everything they do', and too many people are waiting to 'jump on any indiscretion'.
He thinks that there is "an air of peril" surrounding our police service at the moment.
Listen to the full show on the allnew LBC App
#jamesobrien #police #LBC #ukpolitics #spendingreview #rachelreeves #riots #labour #government
LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK.
Join in the conversation and listen at
Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
