Police and crime commissioners cost the taxpayer £100 million in four years - with one employing three people to run their social media - as calls made for them to be scrapped
The Liberal Democrats are now calling for the roles to be scrapped, claiming the money would be better spent on community policing.
Sarah Olney MP, the Liberal Democrat treasury spokesperson, told LBC: "I agree local police forces need independent scrutiny but we think that would be better provided by a local police board, made up of people appointed from across the community. The chair of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners - and Conservative PCC for Lincolnshire - Marc Jones, defended the role, though, telling LBC the Lib Dems are "sour" for not having won a PCC election.
Earlier this week, the government celebrated the recruitment of 20,000 police officers since 2019 - a pledge they’d made in their manifesto.But she faced criticism from opposition parties who claimed the Uplift Programme was more of a ‘replacement programme’ to bring officer numbers back to pre-austerity levels.
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