Thames Valley Police

“Thames Valley now has to cut £8.2m this year, £18.1m next and £11.9m in 2012.”

“Thames Valley Police says it may have to merge services with surrounding forces to meet an extra £3.7m cut imposed by the government.”

“Last year there were concerns that Thames Valley would have to cut up to 166 posts as it tried to save £11m from its annual budget.”

“However, only 50 redundancies were agreed, and the force managed to find funds to recruit an extra 27 police officers.”