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11/09/2012
Report Finds Almost 7,000 Frontline Police Jobs Lost Since Election
Almost 6,800 frontline police jobs have been lost since the 2010 general election as a result of spending cuts, according to a House of Commons analysis of updated Home Office figures.
It had been predicted in July that 5,800 frontline jobs would be lost over the entire five-year parliament, according to Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC).
Ministers have repeatedly urged police chiefs to make deeper cuts in their "middle and back office" staff to protect the national frontline.
The new figures show there has been an average 6% reduction in frontline policing across England and Wales. But eight forces have lost over 10% of their of their frontline officers, including 16% in Warwickshire and 13% in Nottinghamshire.
Only two out of the 43 forces have fulfilled ministerial hopes of using the 20% budget cuts to boost their frontlines through reorganisation.
The disclosure comes as the Electoral Commission reveals that it is to spend £3.69m on an advertising campaign, and sending booklets to the 21 million households in England and Wales outside London amidst dire predictions that turnout in the first police and crime commissioner elections in November could fall below 20%.
A separate £3m Home Office television, radio and press campaign starts next month.
The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, who commissioned the research into the impact of the cuts, said the analysis showed their impact had been faster and deeper than expected. "Police and crime commissioners will be put in an impossible position," she said.
The 41 elected police and crime commissioners will be legally required to approve budgets, and will be left with little, if any, room for manouevre to reverse funding cuts.
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It had been predicted in July that 5,800 frontline jobs would be lost over the entire five-year parliament, according to Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC).
Ministers have repeatedly urged police chiefs to make deeper cuts in their "middle and back office" staff to protect the national frontline.
The new figures show there has been an average 6% reduction in frontline policing across England and Wales. But eight forces have lost over 10% of their of their frontline officers, including 16% in Warwickshire and 13% in Nottinghamshire.
Only two out of the 43 forces have fulfilled ministerial hopes of using the 20% budget cuts to boost their frontlines through reorganisation.
The disclosure comes as the Electoral Commission reveals that it is to spend £3.69m on an advertising campaign, and sending booklets to the 21 million households in England and Wales outside London amidst dire predictions that turnout in the first police and crime commissioner elections in November could fall below 20%.
A separate £3m Home Office television, radio and press campaign starts next month.
The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, who commissioned the research into the impact of the cuts, said the analysis showed their impact had been faster and deeper than expected. "Police and crime commissioners will be put in an impossible position," she said.
The 41 elected police and crime commissioners will be legally required to approve budgets, and will be left with little, if any, room for manouevre to reverse funding cuts.
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