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5 Feb 16
Theresa May has indicated that the government will expand the powers of police and crime commissioners following this year’s elections and could be given powers to set up free schools.
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27 Jan 16
Ministers have announced that police and crime commissioners will be able to take over responsibility for local fire and rescue services as part of a drive to integrate blue light emergency services.
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6 Jan 16
Responsibility for fire and rescue services has been shifted from the Department for Communities and Local Government to the Home Office in order to further support collaboration with the police.
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26 Nov 15
The chancellor is enjoying a lucky run in having significantly better than expected public finances to rely on in planning the next five years.
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16 Nov 15
Joint governance of police forces and fire services in England will present technical accounting problems, the Home Office has been told.
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4 Nov 15
A leading police and crime commissioner has hit out at the Home Office efforts to change the police funding formula, saying the process is “flawed” and happening too fast.
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27 Oct 15
Policing minister Mike Penning has announced a series of changes to the Police Innovation Fund that are intended to lead to greater reform in the sector.
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20 Oct 15
The performance of the police service in England and Wales has worsened in the last year, according to the Inspectorate of Constabulary. Fewer forces are judged to be “good” and, for the...
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30 Sep 15
The Metropolitan Police risks a high-profile outsourcing failure unless it improves its commercial expertise, London Assembly members have warned.
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18 Sep 15
There has been a “significant failure” by the Home Office to provide police forces with the support they need to maintain services amid budget cuts, the Public Accounts Committee has warned today.
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22 Jul 15
KBR discusses its service integrator approach to managing services for customers including the Metropolitan Police Service
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21 Jul 15
Policing minister Mike Penning is consulting on reforms to the funding formula for the 43 police forces in England and Wales, which could see changes introduced from next April.
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14 Jul 15
A workshop at the recent CIPFA Conference focused on transforming head office functions into efficient services supporting front-line priorities
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29 Jun 15
Candidates standing for election as police and crime commissioners should be asked to sign an “ethical checklist” to demonstrate their personal commitment to high standards, the public...
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4 Jun 15
Auditors have criticised the Home Office for not monitoring closely enough the impact of cuts on the financial sustainability of police forces and have urged it to become better informed about which...
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1 May 15
The successful development of shared services by South Yorkshire Police and neighbouring forces highlights the virtues of understanding the full impact of budget cuts
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6 Mar 14
Greater collaboration between the three emergency services is being hampered by the lack of clear direction from Whitehall, CIPFA’s police conference was told.
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23 Feb 06
Police forces are under pressure to merge and modernise and they're not coming quietly. Vivienne Russell weighs up the evidence in the debate over how to make twenty-first century policing fit...
5 Feb 16Theresa May has indicated that the government will expand the powers of police and crime commissioners following this year’s elections and could be given powers to set up free schools.
27 Jan 16Ministers have announced that police and crime commissioners will be able to take over responsibility for local fire and rescue services as part of a drive to integrate blue light emergency services.
26 Nov 15The chancellor is enjoying a lucky run in having significantly better than expected public finances to rely on in planning the next five years.
16 Nov 15Joint governance of police forces and fire services in England will present technical accounting problems, the Home Office has been told.
20 Oct 15The performance of the police service in England and Wales has worsened in the last year, according to the Inspectorate of Constabulary. Fewer forces are judged to be “good” and, for the...
30 Sep 15The Metropolitan Police risks a high-profile outsourcing failure unless it improves its commercial expertise, London Assembly members have warned.
18 Sep 15There has been a “significant failure” by the Home Office to provide police forces with the support they need to maintain services amid budget cuts, the Public Accounts Committee has warned today.
22 Jul 15KBR discusses its service integrator approach to managing services for customers including the Metropolitan Police Service
14 Jul 15A workshop at the recent CIPFA Conference focused on transforming head office functions into efficient services supporting front-line priorities
