UPSI comment on Local police services and Government cuts
16 August 2011
Local police services will take the biggest hit from Government cuts to the policing budget, new analysis by Cardiff’s Universities Police Science Institute shows Government grant for local policing will fall by £1.36bn, or 14 per cent, over the four years to 2014-15. The author, Dr Timothy Brain, former Chief Constable of Gloucestershire and ACPO lead on finance, also challenges claims by ministers that the cuts can be largely absorbed by ‘back office’ efficiency savings, with little impact on front line services.
Media Coverage
Widespread local and UK media coverage, including:
- The People, 15.09.11,
- The Mirror, 15.09.11,
- Daily Star, 15.09.11,
- Belfast Telegraph, 15.09.11,
- PoliceOracle , 15.09.11,
- Daily Post , 15.09.11,
- Western Mail/MediaWales, 16.09.11,
- Liverpool Echo, 15.09.11,
- The Express, 15.09.11,
- BBC News 24, 15.09.11,
- The Guardian, 15.09.11,
- FT.com, 15.09.11,
- NewsWales, 15.08.11,
- Sky News , 15.08.11,
- The Metro, 16.08.11,