Business secretary defended Boris Johnson’s claim that crime fell by 14% – which is only true if fraud is excluded
The business secretary has been branded disrepectful to victims of scammers after he defended Boris Johnson’s claim that crime was falling by 14% – which is only true if fraud is excluded.
Speaking to the BBC, Kwasi Kwarteng backed Johnson’s use of the figure, saying the prime minister had been talking about “crime that people experience in their day-to-day lives”, which “in terms of burglary, in terms of physical injury, has gone down”.
