Overview

• Kent County Council leader Linden Kemkaran said police should have authority to shoot individuals posing a real and present danger to officers or the public.
• She insisted officers who fire in genuine fear for lives must not be prosecuted or treated like criminals.
• Party leader Nigel Farage has earmarked £17 billion for the platform and pledged to halve crime within five years.
• The manifesto requires physically tougher recruits dubbed “big strapping” officers and proposes transferring inmates to overseas prisons such as those in El Salvador.
• Concurrently, the government has backed reforms to grant anonymity to specialist officers accused of murder until their convictions are secured.