I am sure that my hon. Friend would agree that this is frankly more about saving money than improving the service. She probably noticed that the burden has been shifted on to local authorities, with the 2% increase. Eventually, the entire burden for fire and police will be shifted on to local authorities. Then we will have a situation of profligate spending—we have been here before—and local authorities will get capped.
Policing and Crime Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Jim Cunningham
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 26 April 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Policing and Crime Bill.
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