Labour hike to police tax doing nothing to cut rising crime
The Labour Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has presided over a 79% increase in the local tax precept since 2013/14 - the largest increase across England of any force since then.
Comment, Jay Singh-Sohal said:
“The Labour PCC has put the West Midlands at the top of the tax league table for the highest increase of any police forces in England, presiding over a 79% increase in our local precept since 2013/14. Yet at the same time crime continues to rise, police stations continue to close while the Labour PCCs growing office is taking ever-more money away from frontline policing. We need a change of management to focus resources and efforts to get crime down, and as PCC I will deliver a robust approach to tackle crime and not more politics and bureaucracy.”
