Hogan-Howe: Scrap apprenticeships and transformation fund to pay for police

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Hogan-Howe: Scrap apprenticeships and transformation fund to pay for police

Former Met commissioner says money which could prevent some cuts is already available within the service.

Lord Hogan-Howe on Question Time. Picture: BBC

Date - 18th May 2018
By - Ian Weinfass - Police Oracle

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Apprenticeships and the police transformation fund could be scrapped to free up investment into the frontline. Former Met commissioner Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe suggested the two flagship schemes could be done away with to fund investment into...

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