budget cuts: Last News

Two Minneapolis City Council Members are denying their involvement with the "defund the police" movement just days after the council approved a budget that shifted approximately $8 million from the police department and months after they joined colleagues in calling for the dismantlement of the Minnesota city's department. City Council Member Steve Fletcher rejected the idea that the council's goal was to defund the police during a recent interview with local news station KSTP-TV – and instead said the budget cuts came as a result of the need to fund other programs.

The union that represents rank-and-file Los Angeles police officers is targeting several City Council members through a billboard campaign amid talks of budget cuts that could lead to a reduction in services and cops. The Los Angeles Police Protective League is asking around 9,800 members to vote in favor of forgoing $22 each pay period over two years to fund the union's political activities, the Los Angeles Daily News reported.

The New York Police Department is adding 900 officers in the coming months after previously delaying, or canceling, recruitment classes amid budget conflicts and issues related to the novel coronavirus pandemic, officials recently announced. The NYPD, said to be the largest police force in the nation, announced Monday it would begin bringing on new personnel in a recruitment class set to begin Dec.

The Los Angeles Police Department says proposed budget cuts would result in "crippling" reductions in officers and services, threatening public safety. In a statement posted to Twitter, LAPD Chief Michel Moore said the city's projected $600 million shortfall may force public safety cutbacks that would “devastate” the department.

direct to your inboxLabour councillors in Manchester have broken ranks to oppose proposals to axe the city council’s school catering service amid fears that hundreds of jobs could be put at risk.Manchester Fayre has been in ‘terminal decline’ for two years and could cost up to £1m to keep going, according to the town hall.Withdrawing from the school catering provider market by September 2021 is one of many proposals being considered by the council as it looks to plug a £105m budget shortfall next year.More than 400 people are currently employed by Manchester Fayre with a workforce which is ethnically diverse and mostly made up of women.Just over a third of schools in the city currently use the service to provide their meals, with the

By Tom Tapp

A chief constable broke down in tears as he described making ‘difficult choices’ while trying to running a police force amid budget cuts.

The One Show descended into chaos after guest Paddy McGuinness accidentally broke the show's set.

By Dominic Patten, Erik Pedersen

WWE took everyone by surprise when earlier this year the company went on a firing spree as a part of budget cuts amid Coronavirus crisis. WWE released about 20 employees at one go as a measure to help compensate for the financial losses due to the pandemic. This included wrestlers like Zack Ryder, Curt Hawkins, Rusev, Kurt Angle, and Drake Maverick. However, Drake has managed to make his way back to the wrestling and has been rehired by Tripple H.