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Nine of the 10 local authorities seeing the largest drops across the country are in London, it said, with the inner boroughs seeing the biggest change.

The capital's Labour mayor, Sir Sadiq Khan had previously pledged to retain at least one 24-hour counter in each of the 32 boroughs.

Councils across the county have until 26 September to submit plans to replace borough, district and county councils with new unitary authorities from 2028.

Humberstone's political career began while he was still at school, when he became a member of the Stevenage Youth Council and unsuccessfully ran to be the borough's youth mayor.

Former Met borough commander for Haringey, Dr Victor Olisa, has said there is a clear hierarchy, a distinction between the highly organised gang leaders controlling operations, and those carrying out their orders on the streets.