PCC: Clive Grunshaw on Police cuts

Clive Grunshaw, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire, has been contesting the formula used for calculating the scale of cuts to each force and has written to MPs, peers and ministers requesting that it is urgently reviewed.

He said, "In simple terms, Lancashire will be disadvantaged by having an additional £24.8m removed from our annual budget, the equivalent of 600 police officers being transferred into other forces, with Lancashire still picking up the bill. For the record we have already seen a reduction of over 700 police officers and nearly 500 police staff since 2010, and by 2020 this will rise to over 1100 police officers and approx. 800 police staff – and this doesn't include the changes to the funding formula."

Clive added, "These changes will be disastrous for Lancashire residents. Lancashire is an outstanding force, with outstanding efficiency. These cuts are being forced upon by an intransigent Conservative government, who either do not know, or do not care, of their consequences."