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29 Jun 21
More than 85% of police forces in the UK have signed up to the latest iteration of a programme encouraging financial excellence in financial reporting.
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20 Apr 21
Proposed changes to governance for police and fire services present risks but also an opportunity for greater economies of scale, says CIPFA police adviser Alison Dewhirst.
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11 Dec 20
The Scottish Police Authority was unable to balance its budget for the second year running and remains financially unsustainable, Audit Scotland has warned.
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1 Sep 20
CIPFA’s police adviser Alison Dewhirst outlines the effect the pandemic has had on policing, and argues that forces need proper funding following the upcoming Spending Review.
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28 Apr 20
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has seen a real-term budget decrease of 20% over the past decade – equivalent to £200m – according to a report from the Northern Ireland Audit Office.
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13 Feb 20
While the government’s ‘unprecedented’ investment in policing poses a recruitment challenge, it also represents an opportunity for police forces to rethink their approach to crime...
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23 Jan 20
The Home Office has unveiled a £1.1bn funding package for policing in 2020-21 but has been criticised for “unsustainable, short-term thinking”.
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13 Dec 19
Policing must not be failed this time as it has been in the past, writes the chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales John Apter.
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10 Sep 19
Home secretary Priti Patel has pledged to reset the government’s relationship with “overworked and undervalued” police officers, including a commitment to boost the number of frontline leaders.
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26 Jul 19
Kit Malthouse has been appointed policing minister as the government embarks on an officer recruitment drive following Boris Johnson’s pledge in his first speech as prime minister.
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25 Jul 19
The chair of the Essex Police Federation Steve Taylor writes of his hopes the new home secretary – Priti Patel - will share the same positive views as her boss Boris Johnson seems to on policing....
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18 Jul 19
Austerity has an “inescapable” link to rising levels of serious organised crime, MPs have heard.
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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.
29 Jun 21More than 85% of police forces in the UK have signed up to the latest iteration of a programme encouraging financial excellence in financial reporting.
20 Apr 21Proposed changes to governance for police and fire services present risks but also an opportunity for greater economies of scale, says CIPFA police adviser Alison Dewhirst.
11 Dec 20The Scottish Police Authority was unable to balance its budget for the second year running and remains financially unsustainable, Audit Scotland has warned.
1 Sep 20CIPFA’s police adviser Alison Dewhirst outlines the effect the pandemic has had on policing, and argues that forces need proper funding following the upcoming Spending Review.
28 Apr 20The Police Service of Northern Ireland has seen a real-term budget decrease of 20% over the past decade – equivalent to £200m – according to a report from the Northern Ireland Audit Office.
13 Feb 20While the government’s ‘unprecedented’ investment in policing poses a recruitment challenge, it also represents an opportunity for police forces to rethink their approach to crime...
23 Jan 20The Home Office has unveiled a £1.1bn funding package for policing in 2020-21 but has been criticised for “unsustainable, short-term thinking”.
10 Sep 19Home secretary Priti Patel has pledged to reset the government’s relationship with “overworked and undervalued” police officers, including a commitment to boost the number of frontline leaders.
26 Jul 19Kit Malthouse has been appointed policing minister as the government embarks on an officer recruitment drive following Boris Johnson’s pledge in his first speech as prime minister.
25 Jul 19The chair of the Essex Police Federation Steve Taylor writes of his hopes the new home secretary – Priti Patel - will share the same positive views as her boss Boris Johnson seems to on policing....
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.
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 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.
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.
