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26 Nov 18
Government funding for tackling serious and organised crime is “by no means enough” compared with its cost to the UK, a criminologist has told PF.
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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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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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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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24 Sep 18
Northamptonshire’s police and crime commissioner has waded into the discussions over the reorganisation of local government in the county.
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20 Sep 18
A reduction in child arrests is obviously good for the young people themselves - but also for public services, says the Howard League for Penal Reform’s Andrew Neilson.
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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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21 May 18
A £1m funding boost to prevent knife crime will be available to charities in England and Wales, the Home Office has announced.
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10 May 18
Despite a torrid first five years, Police Scotland is well positioned to balance its books and deliver improved policing to the public, according to chief finance officer James Gray.
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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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30 Mar 18
Three police and crime commissioners have been approved to take control of fire and rescue services in their areas, the home secretary Amber Rudd has announced.
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25 Jan 18
The Police Federation and the government are locked in a dispute about whether latest crime statistics show a decrease in crime or not.
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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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26 May 17
Pressure is mounting on the chair of the supervisory body for Scotland’s national police force, after two committees of MSPs declared a lack of confidence in his leadership of the Scottish...
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26 May 17
The home secretary has denied the Manchester attack happened because of a lack of police resourcing.
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24 May 17
Soldiers will be deployed on Britain’s streets as the UK’s terror threat level is raised to critical for the first time since 2007 – indicating another attack maybe imminent.
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15 Feb 17
Scotland’s finance secretary Derek Mackay has urged UK chief secretary to the Treasury David Gauke to waive a £35m annual VAT bill imposed on Scotland’s national police and fire services.
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22 Dec 16
Scottish auditor general Caroline Gardner has today raised concerns about the weak financial leadership in the country’s policing bodies and stated their continuing poor financial management was...
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8 Aug 16
Home secretary Amber Rudd has awarded £23m from the police transformation fund to back projects intended to improve collaboration between forces.
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11 Jul 16
Radically reducing the number of police forces operating in England and Wales could make funding much fairer
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29 Apr 16
As budgets continue to dwindle, blue light services are having to collaborate to cut costs. A snapshot of how emergency services are working together shows this trend is likely to continue and...
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14 Apr 16
Police forces have to deal with both more complex offences and growing public expectations. This is leading to greater consideration of how technology can help.