Home Office to scrap Boris Johnson's police headcount grant

Home Office to scrap Boris Johnson's police headcount grant

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is to replace the grant with ringfenced funding for neighbourhood officers.

Police staffing grant to be scrapped amid push for neighbourhood officers

Gwent Police officers. Shabana Mahmood is set to scrap a police staffing grant introduced under Boris Johnson, replacing the measure with ringfenced funding for neighbourhood officers. The Home Secretary will write to police chiefs on Friday telling them the programme, which provides financial backing for forces if they meet headcount targets, is to be axed. The Officer Maintenance Grant – previously referred to as the Police Uplift Programme – …