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Does it make sense to deprive our police of cash and resources so as to provide foreign countries with money to enlarge their police forces.
/// According to The Sun, in the last four years Britain's taxpayers have helped fund 23 new police stations in Congo, while 29 police stations have been forced to close in Lancashire alone in the same period, with the number of officers cut by 700. ///
The excuse being,
/// A Government spokesman said: 'It is firmly in Britain's interests to support police and legal services in developing countries since it helps tackle the root causes of problems that affect us here, including crime, corruption and extremism.' ///
Be cheaper not to allow foreign criminals into this country in the first place.
Does it make sense to deprive our police of cash and resources so as to provide foreign countries with money to enlarge their police forces.
/// According to The Sun, in the last four years Britain's taxpayers have helped fund 23 new police stations in Congo, while 29 police stations have been forced to close in Lancashire alone in the same period, with the number of officers cut by 700. ///
The excuse being,
/// A Government spokesman said: 'It is firmly in Britain's interests to support police and legal services in developing countries since it helps tackle the root causes of problems that affect us here, including crime, corruption and extremism.' ///
Be cheaper not to allow foreign criminals into this country in the first place.
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Most of the G20 club of wealthy nations have committed themselves to giving 0.7% of their GDP as aid for developing nations. The UK has signed up to this. This Conservative Government is not going to ditch that policy.
The Home Office gets £9billion annually. It has decided to cut how much money police forces are allocated which means numbers of polucing are being drastically reduced. They point to falling crime statistics to justify the cut. We may not like a reduction in police numbers, but it is up to the Home Office how it distributes its budget.
The Overseas Aid budget is allocated by a completely different Government department. It would be daft to tell it not to fund a policeman in Africa because the Home Office are cutting police here due to falling crime.
The Home Office gets £9billion annually. It has decided to cut how much money police forces are allocated which means numbers of polucing are being drastically reduced. They point to falling crime statistics to justify the cut. We may not like a reduction in police numbers, but it is up to the Home Office how it distributes its budget.
The Overseas Aid budget is allocated by a completely different Government department. It would be daft to tell it not to fund a policeman in Africa because the Home Office are cutting police here due to falling crime.
I see that as more of a justification than an excuse. Of course we prioritise our own country's police force; but that does not mean we should be ignoring opportunities to make the world a safer better place. It's keeping a reasonable balance on what is spent where that is important.
And yes of course, immigration should be better managed. Never easy though is it. Nor will immigration stop criminal and/or terrorist activity from occurring elsewhere, and affecting all including ourselves.
And yes of course, immigration should be better managed. Never easy though is it. Nor will immigration stop criminal and/or terrorist activity from occurring elsewhere, and affecting all including ourselves.
The labour government was over 5 years ago.
The current government has chosen to pay above the odds for all that time and continues to do so.
This isn't a labour issue Svejk, much as you would like it to be.
Your choice of government happily does this while squeezing the resources of its own people.
The current government has chosen to pay above the odds for all that time and continues to do so.
This isn't a labour issue Svejk, much as you would like it to be.
Your choice of government happily does this while squeezing the resources of its own people.
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