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3 Apr 19
We will never get police funding right unless we answer the bigger questions, says president of the Police Superintendents’ Association Paul Griffiths.
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26 Mar 19
The business case behind the creation of Scotland’s single police service was not robust, according to a parliamentary report, which has identified “systematic problems” facing the force.
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13 Mar 19
The chancellor has handed an extra £100m to police in England over the next year, ring-fenced to help them tackle knife crime.
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11 Mar 19
Funding to help local authorities keep young people away from serious crime has been halved since 2010, an umbrella group has said.
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15 Feb 19
Policing needs more money to ease the pressure on struggling officers, who are increasingly working alone at increased risk, a police association has warned.
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21 Jan 19
The chair of the home affairs select committee has criticised the police for not significantly increasing the number of convictions for modern slavery offences.
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14 Dec 18
The government has been accused of “passing the buck” by funding police via council tax increases.
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14 Dec 18
A married couple have been sentenced after attempting to defraud companies by selling false advertising space that they claimed supported emergency services.
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3 Dec 18
Police forces in England and Wales are failing to prioritise fraud despite it making up almost one third of all crimes.
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3 Dec 18
The police are often the first line of response, but as real-terms cuts continue, how can already ‘badly overstretched’ services possibly offer a response that meets public expectations? Emily Twinch...
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27 Nov 18
Police are picking up the pieces of a “broken” mental health system as well as increasingly being the first public service on the scene when people need help, inspectors warned.
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22 Nov 18
Policing in Scotland still faces “considerable challenges” in achieving financial sustainability despite progress in governance and budget monitoring, auditors have found.
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7 Nov 18
Public confidence in the police is being damaged as “crude cuts” are being made to forces while they deal with the effects of other public services being squeezed, according to MPs.
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26 Oct 18
Policing “urgently” needs more funding in the Budget to avoid “dire consequences” for public safety, MPs have warned.
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16 Oct 18
Police officers should be seconded to tech firms to learn how forces can reduce fraud, an industry group has recommended.
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15 Oct 18
A police chief has blamed real terms funding cuts from central government for having to make “unprecedented” cuts in his force’s officer and staff numbers.
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12 Sep 18
Cressida Dick, head of the London Metropolitan police, said she was “extremely disappointed” by the government’s failure to fund a 3% pay rise that the Met and independent reviewers had...
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28 Aug 18
The number of neighbourhood police in England and Wales has fallen by 7,000 in the last three years, according to an investigation by The Sunday Times.
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28 Aug 18
Controversial plans to hand the responsibilities of the British Transport Police over to Police Scotland have been put on hold, the Scottish justice secretary has confirmed.
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25 May 18
Police funding will be a priority for the Home Office in next year’s spending review, the home secretary has told police officers.
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18 Apr 18
Is it time to be less territorial over where public finance resources are budgeted? asks CIPFA’s Alan Bermingham.
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8 Jan 18
London’s deputy mayor for policing has said the government’s funding settlement is “smoke and mirrors” and warned the number of officers in the capital could dip below 30,000 because of cuts.
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4 Sep 17
Budget cuts, fewer officers and staff and increasing crime will create a “perfect storm” for the police, the Police Superintendents’ Association conference will hear today.
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1 Sep 17
Police officer morale is shaken by pay dissatisfaction and poor treatment, according to a survey from the Police Federation of England and Wales.
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23 Aug 17
The government should increase the police budget by £450m each year to crackdown on cyber crime, the Reform think-tank has suggested.
3 Apr 19We will never get police funding right unless we answer the bigger questions, says president of the Police Superintendents’ Association Paul Griffiths.
26 Mar 19The business case behind the creation of Scotland’s single police service was not robust, according to a parliamentary report, which has identified “systematic problems” facing the force.
13 Mar 19The chancellor has handed an extra £100m to police in England over the next year, ring-fenced to help them tackle knife crime.
11 Mar 19Funding to help local authorities keep young people away from serious crime has been halved since 2010, an umbrella group has said.
21 Jan 19The chair of the home affairs select committee has criticised the police for not significantly increasing the number of convictions for modern slavery offences.
14 Dec 18The government has been accused of “passing the buck” by funding police via council tax increases.
14 Dec 18A married couple have been sentenced after attempting to defraud companies by selling false advertising space that they claimed supported emergency services.
3 Dec 18Police forces in England and Wales are failing to prioritise fraud despite it making up almost one third of all crimes.
3 Dec 18The police are often the first line of response, but as real-terms cuts continue, how can already ‘badly overstretched’ services possibly offer a response that meets public expectations? Emily Twinch...
27 Nov 18Police are picking up the pieces of a “broken” mental health system as well as increasingly being the first public service on the scene when people need help, inspectors warned.
22 Nov 18Policing in Scotland still faces “considerable challenges” in achieving financial sustainability despite progress in governance and budget monitoring, auditors have found.
7 Nov 18Public confidence in the police is being damaged as “crude cuts” are being made to forces while they deal with the effects of other public services being squeezed, according to MPs.
15 Oct 18A police chief has blamed real terms funding cuts from central government for having to make “unprecedented” cuts in his force’s officer and staff numbers.
12 Sep 18Cressida Dick, head of the London Metropolitan police, said she was “extremely disappointed” by the government’s failure to fund a 3% pay rise that the Met and independent reviewers had...
25 May 18Police funding will be a priority for the Home Office in next year’s spending review, the home secretary has told police officers.
4 Sep 17Budget cuts, fewer officers and staff and increasing crime will create a “perfect storm” for the police, the Police Superintendents’ Association conference will hear today.
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