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Police funding increase: Suffolk reaction

Suffolk's Police and Crime Commissioner says an announcement on police funding is not what he'd been hoping for - but at least it wasn't a cut.

Tim Passmore says Suffolk doesn't get a fair settlement - and he had been hoping the county might get a rise.

In the end, policing minister Nick Hurd announced that government grants for forces wouldn't change - but individual forces would be able to put up their share of the council tax by 拢1 a month.

Mr Passmore says he needs to think about whether to go ahead with that, as for some people the rise would be more than double the current inflation rate.

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