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Thu 12 Dec 2009British police told to make major cuts in expenditure
BRITISH POLICE have been ordered by home secretary Alan Johnson to cut overtime pay bills by a quarter and save hundreds of millions elsewhere from their budgets in an effort to cut costs.
Unveiling the plan designed to save more than £500 million a year within five years, Mr Johnson said police spending had increased by 60 per cent – or 20 per cent in real terms – during the 12 years of Labour Party rule, but future increases on that scale would be impossible.
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