21/05/2014
Police Federation To Lose All Public Funding From August
The Home Secretary has announced that the Police Federation of England and Wales will not longer receive public funding from August.
Speaking to the organisation's conference in Bournemouth the Home Secretary said that the federation had built up "vast reserves of cash" and that they needed to "face up to the reality" on the need for reform of the service.
It is understood that the money previously spent on the federation will now be used for a new scheme called Police First, which aims to attract university graduations to the police force.
(MH/CD)
Speaking to the organisation's conference in Bournemouth the Home Secretary said that the federation had built up "vast reserves of cash" and that they needed to "face up to the reality" on the need for reform of the service.
It is understood that the money previously spent on the federation will now be used for a new scheme called Police First, which aims to attract university graduations to the police force.
(MH/CD)
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