Following the news that Jason Ablewhite has resigned as Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Daniel Zeichner said: “I am both shocked and surprised by the news. Clearly we do not know the nature of the issue but it sounds serious if he felt the need to resign so quickly.

“With violent crime on the rise and more and more people contacting me about their safety concerns, we urgently need answers. His unelected successor must be held fully accountable and my first question to him will be if he will pledge to keep a fully operational police presence in the city centre, rather than lose Parkside Police Station.”