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# Crime Commissioner says police budget cuts aren’t as bad as expected
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/crime-commissioner-says-police-budget-cuts-arent-as-bad-as-expected/
- Published: 2015-12-18T10:00:02.000Z
- Updated: 2015-12-17T21:27:12.000Z
- Description: Planned cuts to policing budgets are not as bad as expected, Staffordshire’s Crime Commissioner has said.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 20:42, News

Planned cuts to policing budgets are not as bad as expected, Staffordshire’s Crime Commissioner has said.

The Government has confirmed that the reduction will be between 2% and 5% – way below the 20% which had been expected.

Matthew Ellis said the news would not halt his push to find efficiencies through new technology.

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Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Ellis

He said: “The settlement amount is not entirely clear, but in Staffordshire we had planned and prepared for 20% cuts over the next four years and we were on the way to achieving that while minimising the effect on frontline policing.

“It looks as though – from the grant settlement figures released – for Staffordshire the result is a much smaller cut in funding from Government of between 2% and 5%.

“I have prioritised stabilising the budget, driving efficiencies and spending public money more effectively and efficiently, since being elected.

“It is absolutely crucial that we are clear that the reforms to policing, including investing in technology to meet new challenges, new crimes and new threats continue and this settlement provides some financial respite.

“However, it is also about spending the money available as effectively as possible, before asking local people for any extra.”