WIGAN’S police force has been hit by a shock £6.4m policing cut – partly to fund security in London’s banking district.
Greater Manchester Police chiefs have expressed fury at the “outrageous” figure, which is enough to pay for 145 officers.
Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy has warned it will spark more job losses and called for the Home Secretary to think again.
And police and crime commissioner Tony Lloyd said GMP was losing out to government “pet projects”.
More
than £100,000 of the figure will go straight to City of London police
who are said to need more money to deal with events of major national
interest in the capital’s financial district, including Old Bailey court
trials.
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