28 May, 2017
A clutch of new General Election polls have shown the Conservative lead over Labour shrinking as the June 8 vote approaches, including one which put Theresa May's party just six points clear.
Denouncing the Tories' traditional claim on the mantle of the "party of law and order", Mr Corbyn said Conservative-led governments had slashed numbers of police, border guards and emergency workers.
According to the latest poll by Opinium to be published Sunday in the Observer newspaper gives the Conservatives an overall lead of 10 points, with 45 points compared with Labour's 35.
"I have been here with the G7, working with other worldwide leaders to fight terrorism", May told reporters.
"To address this lack of funding and lack of facilities, Labour in government will ensure that 5% of domestic and worldwide TV rights money is diverted to the grassroots game".
"No-one really wants to see the Army on the streets and I do think that the cuts in terms of police officers should be reversed - in our manifesto we talk about 20,000 new police officers, and what we really want to see are bobbies on the beat, not the Army", he told the Press Association.
In a swipe at Ms Abbott she added: "I have changed my hairstyle a few times in 34 years as well, but I have not changed my view about how we keep the British public safe".
Corbyn added that he had been making a point that United Kingdom interventions have created "huge ungoverned spaces" in places such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, when he was pressed during a BBC interview about whether the Manchester attack was the result of United Kingdom foreign policy.
A Conservative source said the commission is created to address the societal causes which can lead to extremism and is not meant to replace Prevent, which aims to stop young people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.
Corbyn, as one of the staunchest opponents of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, criticized British involvement in Syria and suggested he would refuse a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation request for more United Kingdom troops overseas if he becomes prime minister after the June 8 election.
His comments came in a TV interview hours after a controversial speech in which the Labour leader drew links between the UK's military interventions overseas and terrorism at home.
It's possible, analysts say, that the Conservatives could inch back up in the polls following the terrorist attack as the narrative shifts away from their recent difficulties to focus on May's leadership and security issues. The number of reported hate attacks on Wednesday numbered 56.
Commuter trains saw armed police officers during Friday's journeys.
"What I said was the attack was horrendous, terrible and was mass murder".
But Mr Walker said: "That shift we've seen in the polls hasn't been reflected on the doorstep".
