- Police forces in London and Manchester are set to receive an additional £5 million from the Home Office to bolster patrols around places of worship.
- This funding uplift follows an alleged arson attack on Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green, north-west London, and a terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester.
- The additional resources will be directed towards Project Servator deployments, which involve specialist officers trained to identify individuals preparing to commit serious crimes.
- Security Minister Dan Jarvis said the money would help “keep people safe in the places where they live, work and worship”, at a time of heightened concern for some communities.
- Separately, the Metropolitan Police have arrested over 20 people on suspicion of antisemitic hate crimes following the Golders Green incident.
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