With 600 fewer frontline officers and over £67m cut from police budgets since 2010 in South Yorkshire alone, residents here in Barnsley have felt first-hand the impact of this Government’s cuts to policing.
But the Government’s new police grant for future budgets will bring yet another real-terms cut to central government funding.
What’s more, using a council tax precept to increase funding allows leafy, affluent suburbs to raise so much more to tackle crime than communities like ours that really need it most.
Today I voted against this perverse and grossly unfair settlement that once again reveals this Government’s neglect of our community.
You can watch my comments here.
But the Government’s new police grant for future budgets will bring yet another real-terms cut to central government funding.
What’s more, using a council tax precept to increase funding allows leafy, affluent suburbs to raise so much more to tackle crime than communities like ours that really need it most.
Today I voted against this perverse and grossly unfair settlement that once again reveals this Government’s neglect of our community.
You can watch my comments here.
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