Home Secretary Priti Patel in Clitheroe ahead of Police and Crime Commissioner elections
Mrss Patel was at Holmes Mill in the town to support Lancashire PCC candidate Andrew Snowden. She met with local Conservative councillors and campaigners in what turned out to be a low-key affair with little interaction with members of the public, due mostly to Covid restrictions and social distancing rules. After speaking to reporters she later had lunch outside Bowland Food Hall. Mrss Patel said she was looked forward to working with a Conservative crime commissioner in the future to deliver on the government’s promises for more front-line officers. She said: “I am Conservat...