Teesside MPs Demand Policing Funding Overhaul After Nine Deaths in One Week

After nine deaths in a week — seven in an A66 crash during a police pursuit and two in a deliberately lit Grangetown house fire — five Teesside MPs met Policing Minister Sarah Jones to seek more resources. MP Andy McDonald says Cleveland faces "metropolitan levels of crime" with rural-level funding. Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged additional support, with details unspecified.