Met Police Budget Cuts
Discussion
Met to close half of its remaining front desks due to incoming budget cuts:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce374l0ng1wo
Accepting that probably very few folk use a front desk overall, and I d imagine it s highly unlikely that you d meet an actual police officer even if you did, it s surely a tad worrying all the same that as London apparently drowns in ever more street crime the Met are having to contend with their budget being cut. This seems madness, and in fairness to chief cop Sir Mark Rowley he apparently already gave a very public warning to the PM that forces would be very much on their knees if their money was cut further, and yet
Given the increasingly miserable state of society this is pretty depressing, frankly. I continue to be glad I m not a Londoner.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce374l0ng1wo
Accepting that probably very few folk use a front desk overall, and I d imagine it s highly unlikely that you d meet an actual police officer even if you did, it s surely a tad worrying all the same that as London apparently drowns in ever more street crime the Met are having to contend with their budget being cut. This seems madness, and in fairness to chief cop Sir Mark Rowley he apparently already gave a very public warning to the PM that forces would be very much on their knees if their money was cut further, and yet
Given the increasingly miserable state of society this is pretty depressing, frankly. I continue to be glad I m not a Londoner.
Edited by Southerner on Friday 18th July 18:15
A classic way to push for extra money is to make high profile public facing cuts whether they're needed or not.
I'm sure others could point to other changes they could make to allocation of money & resources that could be done instead, as it's not always obvious that there's either constraint or restraint.
Some might even argue that a national flattening of expensive management might be a way to trim overheads without affecting deliverables.
I'm sure others could point to other changes they could make to allocation of money & resources that could be done instead, as it's not always obvious that there's either constraint or restraint.
Some might even argue that a national flattening of expensive management might be a way to trim overheads without affecting deliverables.
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