York Press | Fund Our Force campaign

North Yorkshire Police save £4m with fewer cops

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:00:00 +0000

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

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:09:00 +0000

POLICE in North Yorkshire will receive £11 million in Government funding in addition to the general grant announced this week.

Police budget cut kicked out

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:21:00 +0000

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

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:30:00 +0000

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

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 11:34:00 +0100

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

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:18:00 +0100

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

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:57:00 +0100

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

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:54:00 +0100

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'

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:19:00 +0100

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

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:14:00 +0100

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

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:12:00 +0100

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

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:10:00 +0100

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

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:10:00 +0100

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

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:10:00 +0100

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

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:43:00 +0100

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

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:00:00 +0100

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

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:04:00 +0100

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’

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:30:00 +0100

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

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:54:00 +0100

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

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:40:00 +0100

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.