{"id":387669,"date":"2026-10-13T22:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/desperate-call-for-more-police-funding-for-town-with-highest-crime-rate-in-uk\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T22:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T21:00:29","slug":"desperate-call-for-more-police-funding-for-town-with-highest-crime-rate-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/desperate-call-for-more-police-funding-for-town-with-highest-crime-rate-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperate call for more police funding for town with highest crime rate in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/mxiTaKIb9GU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Desperate call for more police funding for town with highest crime rate in UK\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mxiTaKIb9GU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re back in Middlesbrough. Our team spent a month here following the A66 crash, which killed seven people, including two police officers, and exposed problems that residents say have been building for years. <\/p>\n<p>We witnessed a community grappling with serious crime and anti-social behaviour, amid concerns about whether the police have the resources to tackle it.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a week on from our report, the row over police funding is intensifying &#8211; and we\u2019ve been invited to listen.<\/p>\n<p>At Middlesbrough Town Hall, residents, councillors and the mayor came together to discuss the challenges facing the town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur society is crumbling into crime\u2026I\u2019m a Middlesbrough lad, so are most of you in here and it\u2019s falling apart and it\u2019s crime that\u2019s doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was sympathy, too, for the officers caught in the middle.<br \/>\n\u201cI feel sorry for Cleveland Police themselves as they are getting the backlash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At Westminster, Middlesbrough MP Andy McDonald is challenging the Government over what he says is an unfair distribution of police funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree of the four most poorly resourced police forces in the country are from the North East of England. That is immoral, it is not fair, and the people of my constituency deserve equitable treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He says communities cannot be expected to wait indefinitely for change.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re back in Middlesbrough. Our team spent a month here following the A66 crash, which killed seven people, including two police officers, and exposed problems that residents say have been building for years. 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