8. Debate: The Police Settlement 2023-24

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:12 pm on 14 February 2023.

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Photo of Peredur Owen Griffiths Peredur Owen Griffiths Plaid Cymru 5:12, 14 February 2023

Austerity has delivered a devastating impact on policing in the UK. The brutal cuts to public spending, masked by the term 'austerity', may have been the brainchild of the Tory party, but they are also a stain on other Westminster parties, as it was backed by the Liberal Democrats in coalition Government, and subscribed to by the Labour Party in opposition. The initial wave of Tory-driven austerity led to 400 police officers and 100 community support officers being lost from the ranks—