national constabulary is not yet financially sustainable despite improvements, according to government beancounters. A new report on the management and financial structure of the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) by Audit Scotland shows a total overspend of £26.8 million in 2019-20.
This includes an extra £2.2 million in March as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. A cash injection of £32.9 million from the Scottish Government was used to plug the funding gap.According to projections by Police Scotland, deficits will continue to increase unless “significant action is taken either to increase funding or to reduce the cost of its workforce”.Plans to reduce the number of officers by 750 by the end of this financial year were scrapped due to.
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