Lib Dems want to scrap PCCs in light of station closures

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Lib Dems want to scrap PCCs in light of station closures

Ahead of the upcoming elections, the Liberal Democrats have revealed figures on the number of station closures and put forward their own plan to get rid of PCCs.

Date - 26th April 2022
By - Cachella Smith

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The Lib Dems have said that 217 stations and police counters have closed between 2015 and 2021. Averaging at 31 closures per year, the figures based partly on FoI requests equate to roughly one site closing every two weeks. London and...

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