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Press release  —  20 July 2010

#019/2010 – Watchdogs find police could save up to £1 billion Three national watchdogs, the Audit Commission, HMIC and the Wales Audit Office, have found that the police in England and Wales could save up to £1 billion (12% of central government funding) without reducing police availability. In two reports they outline where savings can…

Press release  —  1 July 2010

#018/2010 – Police buried under a blizzard of guidance, warns Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary Police have become bogged down in a ‘snow-storm’ of guidance at the expense of their availability to the public the Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Denis O’Connor, warned today. Addressing senior members of police forces and police authorities, Sir…