The UK government's Comprehensive Spending Review was announced in October 2010, and involved a 20% real-terms cut in central government funding for police forces over four years, from March 201… (View Post)

Dude: I am sympathetic to your concerns. Indeed, I probably largely agree with you about what needs to be done. But that isn't why we had cuts to the criminal justice system. The coalition gover… (View Post)

Indeed: it's hard to think of any area which has a more negative impact on civil society than the persistent underfunding of criminal justice. What's worse is that when you need to turn it … (View Post)

24 hour courts without 24 hour lawyers doesn't improve things. Because when said miscreant arrives at court, and the Judge asks "do you have representation?", and miscreant says "… (View Post)

I think it's more complicated than that, and isn't solely about police numbers. Since 2010, the number of police stations in England and Wales has fallen by two thirds. In London, it's… (View Post)