Minister says funding of forces that protect transport system,army barracks and nuclear power infrastructure is not safeguarded by chancellor’s pledgeThree police forces are at risk of having their budgets carve, despite the chancellor George Osborne’s pledge to protect police spending, and the government has admitted. The forces concerned protect the transport system,army barracks and nuclear power infrastructure.
The chancellor sprang a surprise when he promised to safeguard police spending during his spending review final month. But that was labelled a con by Labour on Sunday after the policing minister Mike Penning admitted that the pledge only applied to the 43 police forces funded by the Home Office.
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Source: theguardian.com