Metropolitan police deputy commissioner says force could only concentrate on ‘basic’ work if head count falls to 27,500 by 2021Scotland Yard will be unable to provide some services at all in future if budget constraints force the number of officers in the capital to fall as low as is feared, a senior officer has warned.On Monday, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said the Metropolitan police could end up with fewer then 27,500 officers by 2021– the smallest number in nearly two decades – as a result of the financial pressures it is facing. Continue reading…
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