Losing 2,000 officers was difficult to manage former GMP chief says

Arena bombing inquiry told austerity cuts 'had an impact' on force which had to rapidly reorganise.

The background of a 24 per cent cut in staff from 2011 to 2017 in GMP “took a huge amount out of the organisation” the force’s former chief constable Ian Hopkins has told the public inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing. Mr...