he should listen to the chief inspector of lancaster -- like a share -- lancashire who said we cannot leave the front line untouched. that is because of the scale of the cuts. 2000 police officers are being forced out under the rules. a sergeant said he wants to continue being a front-line officer. does he expect there to be fewer from officers in the years ahead, yes or no? >> there is no reason there should be fewer frontline officers. both parties agree that the police budget has to be cut. i heard a shadow chancellor. he said this, we would have made cuts to police in." we have to cut the policing budget. the question is how to make the cuts. we say you have to freeze police pay for two years. you have to reform police allowances. you have to cut their paperwork. because to oppose those things, you would have to make deeper cuts in police numbers. that is the case. >> it is very simple. we proposed 12% cuts in the policing budget. he is proposing 20% cuts. if you go beyond 12%, is likely to cut frontline officers. that is what is happening up and down this country. the truth is us

the prime minister should listen to the chief inspector of lancashire police -- "we cannot leave thene untouched." that is because of the scale of the cuts. two thousand police officers are being forced out under the a19 rules. sergeant dave hewitt -- "'i will be walking away from the force, unfortunately not through choice. as far as i'm concerned i'm still young and i wanted to continue being a neighbourhood sergeant." that sounds like a front-line police officer to me. may i ask the prime minister the same question? does he expect there to be fewer front-line police officers in the years ahead? yes or no? >> there is no reason for there to be fewer front-line officers. both parties agree that the police budget has to be cut. i heard the shadow chancellor on the marr programme say that "we would have made cuts to policing." the labour party would have cut policing, and we have to do so, so the question is -- how do we make those cuts? we say that we have to freeze police pay for two years, reform police allowances and cut their paperwork. they labour party opposes all those things,

this morning they're in a small community called darwen in lancashire.ity center there. thousands have turned out despite the inclement weather. everyone is there to catch a glimpse of the couple. our victoria arbiter this morning and joins us with the very latest. you're braving the elements, as well. what are they here for this morning? >> good morning, erica. well, they're here to launch the darwen academy. the community academy. they're going to also launch a prince award scheme and they're going on to the country park to do recreational activities and highlight the importance of having green space, and encouraging people to be outside, off the sofa, out enjoying life, even when it's like today. >> even when it may not be the most beautiful day outside. it is very significant that this is their last of four stops throughout the united kingdom. four corners essentially. >> that's right. we've seen them flip pancakes in ireland, visited his alma mater in scotland, christened a boat in wales, and they're having a great time in england. there's been an i

the last time we saw her in lancashire where everybody was talking about her weight, she looked stressedted to see that she's clearly having a blast. >> she also looks gorgeous and there's a new picture released this morning, the picture of her and william, their new official photograph and the two of them just look so happy. i think we have it to pop up. there it is. it's just a gorgeous picture of a couple that appears to be in love. >> it's radiant, isn't it? i mean it's just a stunning picture. mario testino doesn't take a bad picture. and neither do these two. i think william looks like diana in this picture. but you can see the joy emanating from them. if there's any doubters still out there you have only to look at this picture and you can be convinced. >> the photographer will be at the wedding. which is nice, that kate was there this morning but she and william were there last night for rehearsal. you, last night, were in trafalgar square where you did some of the final preparations, giant screens being put up for people to watch. >> they are huge. what's so funny, this is how e