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  Opposition Day - Crime and Policing - Police Funding
  
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  @ MP voted aye to reduce police funding to help reduce the national deficit. 
  
  @ MP voted no not to reduce police funding as part of attempts to  reduce the national deficit.  
  
  The majority of MPs voted to support the Government's proposed policing reforms which include reducing police funding to help reduce the national deficit.
  
  The text of the approved motion[1] read:
  "That this House 
  * ''notes'' the appalling fiscal deficit left by the last Government and reiterates the urgent need to restore the nation to economic health;
  * ''recognises'' that the police will need to play their part in reducing that deficit; and
  * ''welcomes'' the Government's proposed policing reforms, which will deliver a more responsive and efficient police service, less encumbered by bureaucracy, more accountable to the public and, most importantly, better equipped to fight crime."
  
  
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  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2010-09-08a.357.0 Home Secretary Theresa May House of Commons 8 September 2010] 
  
  
  
  
  
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