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Police should patrol alone to save money

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:15:24 GMT

The number of police helicopters will also be cut by a fifth while overtime and back room staff will be slashed, the Policing White Paper revealed.
Source: The Telegraph

Police 'still held back by red tape'

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:04:55 GMT

Police are spending no more time on the beat despite the Government’s attempts to tackle bureaucracy, the Home Office adviser charged with reducing red tape in the force said today.
Source: Times Online

Police spending less time on beat, warns red tape Tsar

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:36:33 GMT

Some flagship Home Office initiatives have failed to have any impact on freeing up officers and reducing paperwork, Jan Berry, the former chairman of the Police Federation, said.
Source: The Telegraph

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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:15:51 GMT

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Govt hopes national police IT infrastructure will save £200m a year

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:55:30 GMT

The Home Office is merging 43 separate police IT infrastructures to form one national network. The 43 police forces in England and Wales were told today in a Home Office white paper they need to cut spending, saving £500m a year by 2014.
Source: ComputerWeekly.com

Cops Will Face Beat Alone To Save Cash

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:44:59 GMT

2:44pm UK, Wednesday December 02, 2009 Tom Rayner, Home Affairs Producer Police forces will be encouraged to send officers out on the beat alone, as part of Home Office cost-cutting measures.
Source: Sky News

UK Police Make Record Payments to Whistle While They Work

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:09:08 GMT

While the Home Office is telling police forces in England and Wales to make annual savings of more than £500m by 2014, details have emerged that the constabulary is paying in excess of £800,000 a year to enable officers to listen to music at their...
Source: Spinner.com

The end of secret evidence? | Andy Worthington

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:54:03 GMT

The government's policy of imprisoning terror suspects without charge or trial on the basis of secret evidence may now be over Conceived in haste after the 9/11 attacks, when 17 men were imprisoned without charge or trial, mostly in Belmarsh...
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Quoted in 'Government IT plans slammed'

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:11:51 GMT

said in VNUNet.com:

Tens of billions of pounds are wasted on systems ranging from the calamitous £20bn NHS supercomputer to the poorly managed Home Office probation service IT system

Quoted in 'Leaked documents reveal No 10 cover-up over Iraq invasion'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:43:21 GMT

said in Guardian Unlimited:

We got absolutely no advice whatsoever. The lack of advice from the FCO [Foreign and Commonwealth Office], the Home Office and DFID [the Department for International Development] was appalling.

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Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:03:00 GMT

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Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

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