01/06/15 Daily Mail – How Britain has spent £185m on police forces… in Bangladesh, Congo and Malawi: Fury over money for staff and stations overseas while officers at home lose jobs

14/10/12 Daily Mail – Foreign aid spending to overtake police budget: Taxpayers to fork out £12.6billion a year on international aid in 2014

07/03/15 BBC News – Police forces all face major budget cuts

20/07/15 BBC News – Police forces must reform to survive cuts, says new chief

28/07/15 Huffington Post UK – Police Might Not Attend Burglaries Because Of Falling Numbers, Chief Says

27/09/15 Daily Mail – ‘We’re too broke to go on the beat’: Police chiefs warn ministers that cuts mean they can’t do their job as they threaten to stop street patrols and say they won’t be able to protect public from rioters or terrorists

15/10/15 BBC News – Devon and Cornwall Police plans to close 34 stations and offices

22/10/15 BBC News – Cuts mean police ‘will struggle with terror’- chief constable