Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has announced additional funding to the police force, as she set out plans to overhaul the work of forces in England and Wales. In a speech on Tuesday, Ms Cooper said "direct central government funding" for policing will increase by over half a billion pounds by next year. She also announced a new body which will organise specialist functions such as forensics, IT, and use of drones. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00I can tell you today that direct central government funding for policing will increase by more
00:06than half a billion pounds next year, including over £260 million for the core grant and
00:12also additional funding for neighbourhood policing, counter-terrorism and the National
00:16Crime Agency.
00:18But we'll need to go further to make every penny of new investment count.
00:23That's why we've already began working with you on a new collaboration and efficiencies
00:27programme working across police forces, starting with energy contracts, IT contracts, fleet
00:32contracts with the potential to save you hundreds of millions of pounds over the next few years
00:37to put back into frontline policing.