Councils cutting crime prevention budgets by more than half

Lamiat Sabin - 21 January 2019

CASH-STRAPPED councils have slashed their crime-prevention budgets by more than half since the Tories went into government, according to new Labour analysis published today.

Spending on these services fell from £363 million to £154m between 2009/10 and 2017/18 – a cut of almost 60 per cent.... See more



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