Warwickshire and West Mercia agree £10.5m divorce with £270k write-off

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Warwickshire and West Mercia agree £10.5m divorce with £270k write-off

Warwickshire and West Mercia police forces have agreed a deal to end their partnership. But the conscious uncoupling includes access rights to four service areas until new partners are found.

Marching on: Warwickshire is searching for new partners

Date - 31st March 2020
By - Chris Smith

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West Mercia and Warwickshire Police have announced an interim service agreement and settlement to end their seven-year shared service partnership which broke up in October last year. The settlement was reached after negotiations were brokered by...

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