Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A damning confidential report authored for the mayor has uncovered years of woeful failures at Greater Manchester Police, the M.E.N.
can reveal. It is understood the root-and-branch review, commissioned by Andy Burnham at the end of January and carried out by consultants Pricewaterhousecoopers, has identified long-standing and serious weaknesses in a raft of key areas including leadership, governance, financial management, crime recording, IT, officer deployment and culture.
The inquiry's scope went beyond that of Her Majesty's Inspectorate's damning report last year, although it only looked at the force itself and not the effectiveness of political
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