Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said: “The Government’s cuts to the national police budget are already having an effect in London, with over 460 full time Met police officers lost since the General Election period.
“But I fear this is only the thin end of the wedge, with a 20 per cent cut to London’s police over the next four years that could see thousands of officers axed rather than protecting London’s streets.
“Labour committed to protecting frontline policing, but this Government is already hacking away at the frontline.”
Notes
• Greater London Authority Budget predicts the loss of 1,000 officers by March 2011:
www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Pre-Budget%20Report%202010%20FINAL.pdf
• Home Office figures released yesterday show that 467 full time police officers have already been lost since March 2010.
Number of full-time police officers:
September 2009: 33,374 (an increase of 1789 from the previous year)
March 2010: 33,367 (a loss of 7 officers)
September 2010: 32,900 (a loss of 474 full time police officers)
“Labour committed to protecting frontline policing, but this Government is already hacking away at the frontline.”
Notes
• Greater London Authority Budget predicts the loss of 1,000 officers by March 2011:
www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Pre-Budget%20Report%202010%20FINAL.pdf
• Home Office figures released yesterday show that 467 full time police officers have already been lost since March 2010.
Number of full-time police officers:
September 2009: 33,374 (an increase of 1789 from the previous year)
March 2010: 33,367 (a loss of 7 officers)
September 2010: 32,900 (a loss of 474 full time police officers)
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