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HARWICH’S former Labour MP claims Essex Police “waited” for a Labour Government before announcing job cuts. Essex Police is facing a £12.5million budget black hole due to an "inadequate" funding ...

It has already cancelled its new intake of officers for this March. Essex Police recently announced plans to axe all its 99 police community support officer roles as it faces a £12.5 million ...

A police force will reconsider its plan to axe all 99 of its community support officers after the government announced a £100m investment in policing in England and Wales. Essex Police had ...

ESSEX Police bosses have been urged to use their slice of £100million to prevent the loss of 99 community support officers by a leading union. All 99 police community support officers and 65 ...

The Government will invest an extra £100 million into neighbourhood policing as it seeks to boost the number of officers on the ground. This adds to £100 million announced in December for ...

A police force might not cut its 99 community officers as planned, after the government announced a £100m investment in policing. Essex Police said on Tuesday it needed to make drastic staffing ...

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Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, said: “As PFCC for Essex and the joint national finance lead of all police and crime commissioners in the UK, we appreciate the government ...

A charity founder hopes to “reduce loneliness and isolation” among people living with cancer through a 24-hour letter writing marathon for World Cancer Day. Alison Hitchcock, 56, is co-founder ...

A police force is looking to cut all of its PCSOs to help balance the books following a Government funding settlement described as “not enough”. Essex Police said it could get rid of all 99 ...