Home Office told to ‘get a grip’ on police funding

Damning National Audit Office report criticises department’s ‘ineffective and detached’ approach

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Police forces are struggling to deliver an effective service as a result of excessive cuts in Home Office funding that have led to 45,000 job losses in less than a decade, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has warned.

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