MAKE police funding fairer and more up to date \u2013 that\u2019s the message from Essex Police Federation to Home Secretary Sajid Javid.<\/p>\n
Federation Chairman Steve Taylor says the force has suffered \u2018for too long\u2019 from the unfair funding system used by the Government to fill regional force\u2019s coffers.<\/p>\n
The Police Federation of England and Wales Conference \u2013 originally scheduled for June \u2013 has been cancelled so Steve has been unable to ask a question of Mr Javid.<\/p>\n
However he has his question.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would ask him at what point are you going to stop passing the buck of funding for police to the local taxpayer and address the grossly unfair national funding formula?\u201d Steve said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEssex is historically the poorest funded police force in the country if you take out the City of London when you combine our Home Office and our council tax precepts.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd whilst we have historically had a low council tax precept and we\u2019re taking steps to improve that locally, it\u2019s not fair that we suffer unfairly with the amount of grant we get from central government because of the way that formula is devised. It\u2019s not done fairly. It\u2019s not done reasonably. And that\u2019s not fair.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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