Keir Starmer speaks with Territorial Support Group public order officers in the canteen at Lambeth Police Headquarters in London, Friday Aug. 9, 2024.Keir Starmer will reveal his plan to end the “postcode lottery” on Thursday by putting 13,000 more “bobbies on the beat” across the country.The prime minister will set up named and contactable officers for every neighbourhood along with guaranteed police patrols in busy areas at peak times, particularly Friday and Saturday nights.These officers will target town centre crime and build back neighbourhood policing so the general public feel safer in their day-to-day lives.There will be a dedicated antisocial behaviour lead in every force, too.The public will be able to hold forces to account for the first time in 15 years, and the success of each unit will be measured by Police Standards.This is part of the government’s Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, which aims to put 13,000 more officers into neighbourhood policing roles by 2029.Starmer will point out on Thursday that the number of people who regularly see patrolling officers in their local area has halved in the last d