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2015 is a curious date to use. It just happens to be when about 7 years of funding cuts ended. Funding in 2009 was £19.3bn, which is £32bn adjusted for inflat

• crote 3y ago
  2015 was the earliest date my source used for detailed data. Keep in mind that the pre-austerity "16.5B" figure I gave was for 2010 instead - which is before the funding cuts. I should've probably made that more explicit, yeah, shame I can't edit it anymore. I can't find the figures for 2009 (this is most likely due to significant changes in the funding structure in 2015, see [1]), but according to [0] the number of police officers was about the same in 2010 as in 2009 - so the austerity cuts clearly only hit in 2011. Also, my numbers are for England & Wales - because that's what was easily available. I'm not sure where you numbers come from, but they definitely don't match up with the England & Wales ones the UK government provide. [0]: https://ifs.org.uk/sites/default/files/output_url_files/bn208.pdf https://ifs.org.uk/sites/default/files/output_url_files/bn20... [1]: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/900017/police-funding-england-and-wales-2015-to-2021-hosb1620.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...