Home Secretary pledges to prioritise police funding

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Home Secretary pledges to 'prioritise' police funding

Commitment to review police powers and make sure police 'have the resources you need'.

Home Secretary Sajid Javid

Date - 23rd May 2018
By - JJ Hutber at the Police Federation conference in Birmingham

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The new Home Secretary says he wants to reset the relationship between the government and the police. In his first speech to the Police Federation's annual conference as Home Secretary, Sajid Javid made a raft of promises to rank and file ...

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