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North Yorkshire Police save £4m with fewer cops
1:00pm Friday 28th November 2008
POLICE bosses saved nearly £4 million last year by choosing cost-cutting measures above putting bobbies on the beat.
'Victory' as police get extra £11m
6:09am Sunday 9th December 2007
POLICE in North Yorkshire will receive £11 million in Government funding in addition to the general grant announced this week.
Comments (8)Police budget cut kicked out
11:21am Friday 7th December 2007
MPs today hailed a "great victory" for The Press's Fund Our Force campaign, after Home Secretary Jacqui Smith revealed that North Yorkshire Police had been saved from a massive cut in funding.
Police await fund decision
9:30am Friday 30th November 2007
Updated: POLICE chiefs expect to hear next Thursday whether the Government has heeded pleas for the North Yorkshire force to receive a fair grant.
Petition to avert police force cuts is delivered to minister
11:34am Thursday 25th October 2007
HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith has been handed The Press' Fund Our Force dossier - and left in no doubt that cuts in funding for North Yorkshire Police would be "completely unacceptable."
100s more sign petition on cuts
4:18pm Tuesday 16th October 2007
HUNDREDS of signatures in support of The Press's Fund Our Force petition have arrived at the newspaper beyond the deadline - because of the postal strike.
First it was boots, now police are told to buy their own stationery
9:57am Sunday 14th October 2007
POLICE officers have been told they will not be given diaries - as part of cost-cutting measures by North Yorkshire Police.
Press campaign taken to top
12:54pm Friday 12th October 2007
THE Press has taken its Fund Our Force campaign against drastic cuts in funding for North Yorkshire Police to the heart of Government.
'Funding cuts do not add up'
2:19pm Thursday 11th October 2007
A FORMER police chief has blasted plans to cut Government funding for the North Yorkshire force, claiming it would lead to staffing being "cut to the bone."
At your service
12:14pm Saturday 6th October 2007
The Chief Constable of North Yorkshire wrote exclusively in The Press yesterday about the impact of a possible £10 million cut in funding for the force. Today, Jane Kenyon, the chairwoman of the North Yorkshire Police Authority, gives readers her views.
£10m cuts will hurt
11:12am Friday 5th October 2007
A STARK message about North Yorkshire's ability to fight crime in the face of multi-million pound Government cuts has today been issued by Chief Constable Grahame Maxwell as he exclusively writes in The Press.
Shortfall could cost council tax payers £35
11:10am Friday 5th October 2007
AN extra £35 in council tax for each household - that is what it would cost to maintain a full police service in North Yorkshire if the Government went ahead with a £10 million cut in funding to the county's force.
Party differences swept aside to back campaign
11:10am Friday 5th October 2007
THE leaders of all four parties on City of York Council have backed our Fund Our Force campaign.
MPs in pledge to fight police funding cuts
11:10am Friday 5th October 2007
THE Press launched its Fund Our Force campaign after North Yorkshire Police revealed that the force's grant from the Government could be cut by up to £10 million under a new funding formula.
Police crisis is no surprise
11:43am Thursday 4th October 2007
Now, why is everyone so upset about the possibility of the Government taking £10 million in grants from the high-achieving North Yorkshire Police?
Police budget cuts slated
9:00am Monday 1st October 2007
NORTH Yorkshire Police Authority has given its response to Government proposals which could see £10 million slashed off the force's budget.
Tories target prime minister
11:04am Saturday 29th September 2007
A NEW online petition has been launched against the threat of massive cuts in funding for North Yorkshire Police - on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's own website.
Bobbies warn of ‘catastrophe’
11:30am Friday 28th September 2007
BOBBIES in North Yorkshire have thrown their full support behind The Press's Fund Our Force campaign, warning that proposed cuts in funding would have "catastrophic" consequences.
Don’t cut our police
10:54am Thursday 27th September 2007
North Yorkshire's Chief Constable has warned his force could face a "devastating" cut of £10 million in its budget. Mike Laycock and Charlotte Percival examine why the cuts could bite - and gauge the reaction from senior councillors and MPs.
Cross-party support for Press campaign
10:40am Thursday 27th September 2007
MPs from across the political spectrum today vowed to fight "tooth and nail" against big cuts in funding for North Yorkshire Police - as The Press launched a Fund Our Force campaign.
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