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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
The successful development of shared services by South Yorkshire Police and neighbouring forces highlights the virtues of understanding the full impact of budget cuts
Greater collaboration between the three emergency services is being hampered by the lack of clear direction from Whitehall, CIPFA’s police conference was told.
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...
