Nearly a third (30 per cent) of police community support officers (PCSOs) in England have been cut since 2010, says UNISON today (Monday). UNISON warns that the government’s determination to rid the country of local police patrols is placing the public at risk in the light of recent events in France. The report – Neighbourhood […]
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UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis has today (Thursday) warned that more cuts to police jobs and budgets could jeopardise public safety, and lead to industrial unrest. In his speech to the union’s annual police and justice conference in Brighton, Dave Prentis said: “Despite promises not to cut frontline policing, all we have seen from this […]
And he was scathing of health minister Jeremy Hunt's relish for cuts to tax credits on the grounds […]
Essex police force unveils plan to axe PCSOs and close stations in the county
Dave Prentis answered the requests of branches and employers to visit Yorkshire for a series of meetings this week
