Spending on the police in England and Wales grew by almost half in the last decade according to the first independent study of police authority expenditure between 1999 and last year. The report, from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, finds spending grew in real terms from 9.83 billion pounds in 1998 -1999 to 14.55 billion ten years later.
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