Met had to give back £60m to Home Office after not meeting Uplift

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Met had to give back £60m to Home Office after not meeting Uplift

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said attraction rather than attrition was the problem.

Date - 2nd November 2023
By - Cachella Smith

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The Metropolitan Police had to return £60m funding to government after the force failed to meet its Uplift target. The Met was the only force to not meet its target by the deadline of March this year. Sir Mark Rowley said this morning that...

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