Police cuts in England and Wales, listed and detailed
Police forces are going through huge cuts: 17,600 police jobs have gone since March 2010 and another 5,800 will go in the next three years.The figures out today from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) show that:• Forces have to make savings of £2.4bn by 2015• 20% cut in Home Office grants to police authorities• planned reduction in the total number of police jobs, including non-frontline civilian staff, has now reached 32,400 by 2015• including 15,000 uniformed officers, Read more [...]