Extract from end of business adjournment debate on Police Stations - Jul 10

The Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire (Chris Philp):...It is also worth reminding ourselves that the whole policing system across the country gets £17.2 billion a year, and the part of that spent by Police and Crime Commissioners on local policing—the vast majority of it—went up by £550 million this year compared to last year. So the resources are there, and we expect Police and Crime Commissioners to use them wisely—unlike Mayor Sadiq Khan, who is not doing so...

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