The police officers that I met today, uh like
, you know, firefighters, our security service officers
and and other public servants will be working at a
time of the year where most of the rest of
us get at least some chance to relax. And
I wanted to say thank you. I brought some
Mince pies and some chocolates. The message that I
gave to them and, and to the wider family
of public servants is massive. Thank you. It's
a really, really important job and doing it whilst
the rest of the country relaxes is, is absolutely
key. Um And uh look, it's a uniquely
rewarding job, which is why I think we're seeing
record police numbers in the UK people do want to
become police officers. Um but it's an important job
and I want to say thank you. I'm going
to go into the New Year celebrating the successes that
we've had in home affairs. Uh This year,
the fact small boat arrivals are down, policing numbers
are up, crime is down, serious violent crime
is down by uh um uh around 50% uh since
2010. So we are doing fantastic work. I
wanna celebrate that. I'm gonna amplify that and do
more in the new year, the timing of the
general election, that's what the Prime Minister decided.
I'm just gonna get on with work.