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by Our News Desk
GEORGE Osborne repeatedly refused to rule out crippling cuts to front-line policing yesterday, ahead of his spending review.
The Chancellor has finalised deals with Whitehall spending departments in the run-up to Wednesday’s Autumn Statement, which is expected to herald another harsh round of budget reductions.
CIVILIAN police workers are to go on strike in the new year amid disputes over pay
The 2025 Budget shores up the PM’s political position with headline-grabbing welfare U-turns, but with no improvements on offer to declining public services or living standards, writes MICHAEL BURKE
Since 2010, one in five firefighter jobs has disappeared alongside 30% funding cuts — all while climate breakdown brings record blazes and flooding. It’s time to fund our fire service properly, writes FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the government’s proposals to further limit the right of citizens to trial by jury