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Hundreds Of Police Jobs To Go

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Hundreds of Police Officers may lose their jobs as Scotland Yard hurries to save £20m, the Evening Standard has reported.

Plans have been announced for civilians to take the jobs of 400 uniformed custody officers, as part of a bid to save £67m in the next financial year. It is also rumoured that the Metropolitan Police force was considering cutting frontline jobs, as a last resort.

Senior officers are also drawing up plans to merge departments such as HR and finance across boroughs to make further savings.

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