UK policing shared the public sector pandemic challenges, but the Spending Review should help to meet demand

2nd November 2021Anoushka Kavanagh, Research Assistant, Institute for Government

The Institute for Government’s (IfG) recently published Performance Tracker has highlighted the huge pressures faced by the UK’s public services during the pandemic, and policing was no exception; IfG Research Assistant Anoushka Kavanagh looks at the impact of Covid on police performance and activity, as well as the challenges that still remain, and what the latest Spending Review will mean for the service.