Government plans to reduce the number of Police Community Support Officers

Brigg and Goole's Prospective MP Andrew Percy has hit out at Government plans to reduce the number of police Community Support Officers in the Humberside Police area from 310 to 220.

Andrew explains, "Labour promised us over 300 PCSOs and the Govenment is now, despite the record levels of violent crime in our communities, planning to deliver just 220. I support the efforts of the 3 Labour MPs for North Lincolnshire in trying to convince the Government that this cut is unaccapetable. Of course we should remember that all 3 of the local Labour MPs are Government lackies and so their attempt is a rather cynical and somewhat contradictory one. Despite that, it is important that politicians of all parties work together to ensure that North Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire recieve the policing personell we were promised by Labour.

We are paying record levels of tax, the local police precept is at an all time high and yet still Labour continue cutting our local services. It's about time we had a government that delivered on its promises and was serious about cutting crime."