The Metropolitan Police faces a £450 million budget shortfall next year meaning that 2,300 officers and 400 staff could have to be cut
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Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has today announced that the Met will need to cut 2,300 officers and 400 staff in 2025, in order to cover a £450 million “black-hole” in its finances.
In a speech to the London Policing Board, Sir Rowley said that the Met’s £450 million accumulates to more than 10% of the Met’s budget. Furthermore he states that the proposed cuts will have a, “detrimental impact” on the service and the financial strains on the Met, “are a cumulative impact of a decade or more.”
He said they cannot wait any longer “or it will not be possible to achieve the reductions without uncontrolled consequences.”
Currently the Met Police employs 33,473 officers and 11,178 members of staff.
To manage their resources in a more cost-effective manner, the Met have proposed adopting stricter thresholds for deploying specialised units. Therefore, the force will need to be more selective for which specific incidents they respond to.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan told the same committee:
“Because the gap has got bigger and bigger and bigger from the Government we’ve tried to fill that massive black hole… but we simply can’t fill the massive hole (created) over 14 years.”
Sadiq Khan, London Mayor
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Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has today announced that the Met will need to cut 2,300 officers and 400 staff in 2025, in order to cover a £450 million “black-hole” in its finances.
In a speech to the London Policing Board, Sir Rowley said that the Met’s £450 million accumulates to more than 10% of the Met’s budget. Furthermore he states that the proposed cuts will have a, “detrimental impact” on the service and the financial strains on the Met, “are a cumulative impact of a decade or more.”
He said they cannot wait any longer “or it will not be possible to achieve the reductions without uncontrolled consequences.”
Currently the Met Police employs 33,473 officers and 11,178 members of staff.
To manage their resources in a more cost-effective manner, the Met have proposed adopting stricter thresholds for deploying specialised units. Therefore, the force will need to be more selective for which specific incidents they respond to.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan told the same committee:
“Because the gap has got bigger and bigger and bigger from the Government we’ve tried to fill that massive black hole… but we simply can’t fill the massive hole (created) over 14 years.”
