Row breaks out over recruitment funding and force allocations

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Row breaks out over recruitment funding and force allocations

Concerns raised that some of the funding for 20,000 uplift will have to come from further 'efficiency savings'.

Date - 9th January 2020
By - Chris Smith

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner Lord Willy Bach have both questioned if the uplift in officer numbers will deliver the allocations forces need. Lord Bach used a debate in the House of Lords to challenge the...

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