Not quite free but subsidised and designed with the best of intentions to help the recovery, only to be criticised by others with the benefit of hindsight.<\/p>\n
It is also why even the most glass-half-full person must accept that the so-called money tree the Government has nurtured in its bid to safeguard jobs and underpin the economy, will soon start to lose its leaves.<\/p>\n
Among the biggest challenges facing me this year is how to ensure the Constabulary has the tools to do its job to the standard it wants and you deserve.<\/p>\n
What has made the task more difficult is the way in which funding the police has shifted considerably away from Central Government towards local taxation.<\/p>\n
Just before Christmas, the Home Office announced a maximum \u00a36.6 million cash increase for policing in Gloucestershire in the next financial year. It sounded good but, as so often, the devil is in the detail.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have tried to be open\u00a0 when it comes to spending your money\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yes, the Government is providing \u00a33.2 million to help recruit an additional 45 police officers for Gloucestershire \u2013 to go with the 46 last year \u2013 to restore some of the 249 officers lost during the decade of austerity.<\/p>\n
However, as welcome as those extra officers are and will be, the other \u00a33.4 million depends entirely on how much the council tax goes up.<\/p>\n
Reaching the \u00a36.6m announced by the Home Office, is based on the Government\u2019s calculation of a 5.8% increase in the policing element of the council tax or \u00a315 per year for a Band D property.<\/p>\n
In other words, any additional funding for Gloucestershire Constabulary must come from local taxpayers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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