Fed backs plans for neighbourhood officers but queries funding

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Fed backs plans for neighbourhood officers but queries funding

National Chair Steve Hartshorn says that 'significant central government funding' is needed to fund Labour's proposals, rather than £360m earmarked from a shared procurement plan.

Date - 20th February 2023
By - Cash Boyle

The cost of putting an extra 13,000 neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs back on the streets should be met by central government rather than a shared procurement plan, the Police Federation (PFEW) has said. Under proposals outlined by Shadow...

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