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Metropolitan Police Chief Warns of Drastic Budget Cuts Under Labour


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Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has voiced strong concerns about the severe budget cuts he anticipates under Labour’s financial plans, warning of “eye-watering cuts” to the level of public service his officers can provide. In a recent interview on BBC Radio 4’s *Political Thinking* podcast, Sir Mark expressed being "deeply troubled by the situation we appear to be heading towards," describing the difficult future he envisions for the police force amid cumulative financial constraints.

 

Britain's top police officer highlighted how previous budget reductions have already stretched resources thin. Combined with the newest public sector spending targets, these cuts could bring about “difficult choices” for his force, potentially affecting front-line services. Sir Mark acknowledged the tight financial environment but stressed that the severity of these changes would surpass anything that could be managed through typical efficiency measures. “The Chancellor has been very clear – it’s a difficult public sector context,” he said, acknowledging the broader pressures on government spending.

 

Sir Mark noted that together, these changes mark “a dramatic change in budgets and of a scale that’s never going to be absorbed by efficiencies.” According to him, the magnitude of these cuts will inevitably impact the services the Metropolitan Police can deliver to Londoners, warning that these budget reductions cannot be met simply by internal savings.

 

Discussing the challenges ahead with host Nick Robinson, Sir Mark emphasized that almost all possible efficiencies have already been realized, leaving “little, if any, scope left” for further savings without compromising front-line services.

 

Based on a report by Daily Telegraph 2024-11-15

 

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24 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Didn't Labour promise more of everything in their election campaign ?

More prisons , more houses, more police , more teachers , more NHS staff

more poverty, but that's mainly a Brexit problem.

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Just now, soalbundy said:

more poverty, but that's mainly a Brexit problem.

 

  You need to stop blaming everyone else and just get on with the Job .

Labour are in power now , its their policies that this story is about  , nothing to do with Brexit , more like Taxit

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2 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  You need to stop blaming everyone else and just get on with the Job .

Labour are in power now , its their policies that this story is about  , nothing to do with Brexit , more like Taxit

You perhaps missed the Mansion House speeches.

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8 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

You perhaps missed the Mansion House speeches.

 

   Labour promised to investigate Covid fraud which was estimated to be over 7 Billion GBP prior to the election 

   How is that coming along ?

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24 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Labour promised to investigate Covid fraud which was estimated to be over 7 Billion GBP prior to the election 

   How is that coming along ?

Why you asking me?

 

And moreover, will you accept any of its findings?

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4 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  You need to stop blaming everyone else and just get on with the Job .

Labour are in power now , its their policies that this story is about  , nothing to do with Brexit , more like Taxit

many economists agree with me, BJ and Farage lied to the public, Farage has his firm in EU Ireland.....no worries there.

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1 hour ago, soalbundy said:

many economists agree with me, BJ and Farage lied to the public, Farage has his firm in EU Ireland.....no worries there.

 

  We are dealing with today .

Will Labour keep their election  promises is the question . 

"BJ and Farage told a lie" isn't an answer to that question

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8 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  We are dealing with today .

Will Labour keep their election  promises is the question . 

"BJ and Farage told a lie" isn't an answer to that question

It would be a first if a government kept its promises to the public so no they wont, especially this inept government who were only voted into power because people were fed up with the Tories. It doesn't matter who governs the UK now, the rot is firmly entrenched, it began with WW1 and has accelerated from there on, an insignificant island in the North sea which like Lady Gaga refuses to believe its now just a 'has been'.

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