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Public purse to suffer from UK riots
According to new media reports, the recent riots in England prompting the failure and lack of protection on properties and businesses could cost the public purse in excess of £100m pounds as police...
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Complaints scheme forces Met Police to scrap tender
According to new media reports, the Metropolitan Police have been forced to scrap a £900,000 contract to supply 40,000 pullovers following a complaint from a supplier regarding the tendering process....
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Police overspend on employment
The Policy Exchange has recently released a report entitled The Cost of the Cops. The report examines issues around police manpower and deployment in England and Wales and highlights the millions of...
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New landscape of policing?
By Morven MacNeil, GO Content Editor The Commons Home Affairs Committee has examined the Government’s proposals for policing reform in a new report published this week. The New Landscape of Policing...
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Police eCrime unit saves British economy £140m in six months
The Metropolitan Police’s eCrime unit has saved the British economy a massive £140 millions in six months and is well on target to reduce cyber crime costs by £504 million within the next four years....
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London Assembly to question police
The London Assembly will meet this week to ask Metropolitan Police representatives why services have been operating all year with fewer officers, staff and community support officers than planned. The...
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Metropolitan Police search for IT services provider
An IT services tender has been issued worth as much as £200m and estimated to last 17 years. Issued by the Metropolitan Police, the contract will be the first of two procurement exercises and includes...
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Boris admits he might not keep policing promise
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has revealed that he might not be able to keep his election promise to have 1,000 more police officers in London than when he took office. The Mayor has written to...
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London cuts Police ICT by £42m
The London Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee are holding the first of two meetings focusing on the Met’s technology strategy and plans to cut information and communications technology (ICT)...
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Police mobile working spend tops £50m
Police in England and Wales will spend an unprecedented £52m on mobile data in the current financial year. It will be targeted at forces where a majority of officers cannot carry out key tasks on the...
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New Met HQ officially ‘topped out’ by Commissioner and Deputy Mayor
The new headquarters of the Metropolitan Police was officially ‘topped out’ by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, and the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Stephen...
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Mayor’s £60m police investment
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today (February 14th) announced that he is investing approximately £60m of additional resources in the Metropolitan Police this year, and in future years, in order...
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Mayor’s Budget confirms additional £110m this year for Met Police
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, will commit today to investing an additional £110million into the Metropolitan Police in the next year. The Mayor will confirm this investment as his Budget is...
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Boris Johnson sets out plan to recruit 20,000 police officers
Boris Johnson’s plan to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers will begin within weeks and an urgent review will take place of plans to make it easier for forces to use stop-and-search powers. The...
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