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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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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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3 Aug 20
Austerity has left public services unfit to respond to the crisis caused by Covid-19, a report from CIPFA and the Institute for Government has argued.
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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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12 Aug 19
Boris Johnson’s plans to put money into prisons and the Crown Prosecution Service have been branded a “monumental waste of money” by a think-tank.
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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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16 Jul 19
Cost benefits of a new emergency services communication system are “rapidly evaporating”, MPs have said.
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4 Jul 19
Phone calls are one of the most popular ways for fraudsters to make contact with their victims but, together, law enforcement and businesses can fight back, writes City of London Police commander...
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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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13 Mar 19
Promises made in the Spring Statement hinge around avoiding a no deal Brexit, which seems fairly optimistic at this point, says New Philanthropy Capital chief executive Dan Corry.
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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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10 Jan 19
The number of public bodies in England failing to provide value for money is “unacceptably high” and increasing, the public spending watchdog has warned.
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19 Dec 18
The local government financial settlement did not provide councils the fiscal stability they were hoping for, says CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
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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.
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.
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.
3 Aug 20Austerity has left public services unfit to respond to the crisis caused by Covid-19, a report from CIPFA and the Institute for Government has argued.
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.
12 Aug 19Boris Johnson’s plans to put money into prisons and the Crown Prosecution Service have been branded a “monumental waste of money” by a think-tank.
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....
16 Jul 19Cost benefits of a new emergency services communication system are “rapidly evaporating”, MPs have said.
4 Jul 19Phone calls are one of the most popular ways for fraudsters to make contact with their victims but, together, law enforcement and businesses can fight back, writes City of London Police commander...
3 Apr 19We will never get police funding right unless we answer the bigger questions, says president of the Police Superintendents’ Association Paul Griffiths.
13 Mar 19Promises made in the Spring Statement hinge around avoiding a no deal Brexit, which seems fairly optimistic at this point, says New Philanthropy Capital chief executive Dan Corry.
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.
19 Dec 18The local government financial settlement did not provide councils the fiscal stability they were hoping for, says CIPFA chief executive Rob Whiteman.
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.
