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| A £450m boost to police funding has been announced by the home secretary, Amber Rudd, but £270m of the extra cash is to be funded by a £12 increase per household in council tax bills. | A £450m boost to police funding has been announced by the home secretary, Amber Rudd, but £270m of the extra cash is to be funded by a £12 increase per household in council tax bills. |
| The £450m increase for forces in England and Wales includes an extra £130m for national policing priorities, including armed officers and digital technology, and £50m for counter-terrorism. | The £450m increase for forces in England and Wales includes an extra £130m for national policing priorities, including armed officers and digital technology, and £50m for counter-terrorism. |
| The move follows a high-profile campaign by senior police officers, who said the loss of 20,000 officers since 2010 had led to overstretched counter-terrorism policing and a reduction in day-to-day activities in the face of rises in violent crime. | The move follows a high-profile campaign by senior police officers, who said the loss of 20,000 officers since 2010 had led to overstretched counter-terrorism policing and a reduction in day-to-day activities in the face of rises in violent crime. |
| Ministers said the extra £270m for local police forces meant they would move from a “flat cash increase” to a real-terms rise that matched inflation. The Home Office intends to repeat the 2018-19 settlement in 2019-20. | Ministers said the extra £270m for local police forces meant they would move from a “flat cash increase” to a real-terms rise that matched inflation. The Home Office intends to repeat the 2018-19 settlement in 2019-20. |
| Opposition MPs said the Home Office’s direct grant funding for local forces amounted to a flat cash settlement, which meant they faced a cut to make up for inflation. | Opposition MPs said the Home Office’s direct grant funding for local forces amounted to a flat cash settlement, which meant they faced a cut to make up for inflation. |
| The home secretary said the settlement would ensure forces had the resources required to keep people safe. | The home secretary said the settlement would ensure forces had the resources required to keep people safe. |
| “Taxpayers will invest more money in forces because the work our officers do to protect us is absolutely vital, and we recognise demand is changing. However, my message to police forces is that this increased investment must mean we raise the pace of reform,” Rudd said, adding that embracing digital and increasing productivity were necessities. | “Taxpayers will invest more money in forces because the work our officers do to protect us is absolutely vital, and we recognise demand is changing. However, my message to police forces is that this increased investment must mean we raise the pace of reform,” Rudd said, adding that embracing digital and increasing productivity were necessities. |
| In the Commons, the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, said austerity had been as damaging to the police as it had been to other public services. | In the Commons, the shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, said austerity had been as damaging to the police as it had been to other public services. |
| She said the government’s decision to lift the 1% pay cap for officers had not been funded in the settlement, and asked that there be no more cuts in police numbers. | She said the government’s decision to lift the 1% pay cap for officers had not been funded in the settlement, and asked that there be no more cuts in police numbers. |
| The £12 a year levy on household council tax bills to raise £270m is the limit of the increase that can be levied by police and crime commissioners without a local referendum having to be called. | The £12 a year levy on household council tax bills to raise £270m is the limit of the increase that can be levied by police and crime commissioners without a local referendum having to be called. |
| The extra £450m appeared to more than match the £440m demanded in a joint submission by police and crime commissioners and the national police chiefs council. But while they pressed for an extra £440m for 2018-19, they argued that an extra £845m was needed in 2019-20 to provide an extra 5,000 officers and to arm a further 1,100 officers. | The extra £450m appeared to more than match the £440m demanded in a joint submission by police and crime commissioners and the national police chiefs council. But while they pressed for an extra £440m for 2018-19, they argued that an extra £845m was needed in 2019-20 to provide an extra 5,000 officers and to arm a further 1,100 officers. |
| Abbott said the decision not to increase the Home Office grant funding for the police amounted to a real-terms cut. | Abbott said the decision not to increase the Home Office grant funding for the police amounted to a real-terms cut. |
| She said: “Since 2010, the Tories have made huge cuts to the police; 20,000 police officers have been lost and an increasing number of overstretched forces say they cannot respond to certain crimes.” | She said: “Since 2010, the Tories have made huge cuts to the police; 20,000 police officers have been lost and an increasing number of overstretched forces say they cannot respond to certain crimes.” |
| The package requires a further £100m in savings through “smarter procurement” of everything from police vehicles to uniforms. | The package requires a further £100m in savings through “smarter procurement” of everything from police vehicles to uniforms. |
| The Home Office said it intended to publish data on the usable reserves of police forces, which stood at more than £1.6bn in March. Individual force reserves range from 7-42% of annual funding. | The Home Office said it intended to publish data on the usable reserves of police forces, which stood at more than £1.6bn in March. Individual force reserves range from 7-42% of annual funding. |
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