New RIPA ammendment(s) probably coming in "autumn"

[Brian Gladman]

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From: "Roland Perry" <roland@linx.net>
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Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: New RIPA ammendment(s) probably coming in "autumn"


> In message <003901c23afb$cf130e10$f87e38d4@FORTYTWO>, Brian Gladman
> <brg@gladman.plus.com> writes
> >> Actually, it's mainly (eg in the police service) Chief Constables.
Their
> >> budgets don't have the kind of elasticity you suggest. And whoever is
> >> paying, the element of auditing remains!
> >
> >And guess who pays for the police?
>
> Council Tax payers. My point revolved around the method that their
> funding is agreed at the local level.

In fact the majority of money for the police comes from central taxation.

The proportion varies around the country but in my area the figures are
£100m central and £40m local.

I know a lot about this issue because I have a dispute with the government
about how Police Authorities work.

In my area completely unelected officials have had a big say in increasing
Council Tax bills for policing by nearly 70% over three years with a 33%
increase last year.  This confirms my previous experience that it is always
easy to spend other peoples money so I simply don't accept that the need to
pay has any real impact on such authorities since they will just pass the
bills onto us.

    Brian Gladman