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Legacy proposals will fail unless PSNI is funded to meet demand, says Boutcher

Boutcher said legacy work costs the PSNI £24 million a year and warned it will drain detectives from current policing without recurring funding.

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The Government’s new Troubles Bill to deal with the past in Northern Ireland includes a proposal for a reformed Legacy Commission.

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Legacy proposals will fail unless PSNI is funded to meet demand, says Boutcher

The Government’s new Troubles Bill to deal with the past in Northern Ireland includes a proposal for a reformed Legacy Commission.

·London, United Kingdom
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Legacy proposals will fail unless PSNI is funded to meet demand, says chief constable Jon Boutcher

The Government’s proposals to deal with Northern Ireland’s troubled past will fail unless the region’s police are funded to deal with demand, the chief constable has warned.

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Kent Online broke the news in Kent, United Kingdom on Thursday, June 4, 2026.
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