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For a Band B properties, the increase is £7.77 per year or 15p per week.
The latest increase is expected to bring 300 officers back to the force, which has lost around 2,000 officers since 2010 due to government cuts.
Chair of the Greater Manchester Police, Crime and Fire Panel, Councillor Nigel Murphy, said: “The panel has agreed to the Mayor’s proposal to increase the police element of the Greater Manchester council tax by £10 per year per Band D household. In doing so however, the panel is disappointed that instead of fairly funding the police directly, the Government continues to expect an increase to residents’ council tax bills, this time by £15 per Band D household, despite the inequalities and unfairness of the system.
GMP crisis - We want to ensure confidence in the police is restored Date published: 24 December 2020
A damning report revealed officers had failed to record 80,000 crimes in a single year
The Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester for Policing, Crime, Criminal Justice and Fire, Bev Hughes, and the Chair of the Police, Crime and Fire Panel, Councillor Nigel Murphy, have met with Greater Manchester’s policing and crime leads, local authority scrutiny chairs and other elected members to discuss the recent HMICFRS inspection regarding Greater Manchester Police’s services to victims.
The meeting followed an announcement made by the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and Deputy Mayor Hughes last week after the publication of Her Majesty s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS)’s damning report Greater Manchester Police - Victim Service Assessment (VSA) .