Spending Review: Impact on policing
NEWS BRIEF: The key policing elements of the Chancellor's Spending Review speech...
NEWS BRIEF: The Home Affairs Committee is to conduct an inquiry into ‘Reform of the Police Funding Formula’. This inquiry comes shortly after the Public Accounts Committee published a report into the "Financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales"
NEWSLINK: The Home Office publishes statistics on the use of Taser by police in 2014 showing a small decrease of 3% since 2013 but a 50% increase since 2010. In light of the of inquest verdict on the Jordan Begley case, the NPCC responds by defending the use of Taser but calling for the medical evidence to be referred to an independent body for review.