Dont use savings to fund uplift superintendents will warn Patel

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Don't use savings to fund uplift superintendents will warn Patel

The government has been urged by the leader of the Superintendents' Association not to halt its investment in the service.

Date - 8th September 2020
By - Chris Smith

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The leader of the Police Superintendents’ Association will call on the Home Secretary today to give reassurances of financial protection for the police in the forthcoming government spending review. Chief Superintendent Paul Griffiths,...

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