Meeting Dates
Cambridgeshire Police Federation Meeting Dates 2025:
Full Council
- 7 March 25
- 20 June 25
- 26 September 25
- 5 December 25
Branch Board
- 7 February 25
- 22 May 25
- 12 September 25
- 7 November 25
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🗣️ UNFAIR FUNDING LEAVES CAMBS 'SHORT CHANGED'![]()
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Federation branch chair Liz Groom says Cambridgeshire Police and the public are paying the price for policing’s ‘deeply unfair’ funding system.![]()
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Liz said that new police funding figures show that Cambridgeshire is being short-changed.![]()
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“Our officers are dealing with the same pressures and risks as colleagues elsewhere in the country, yet our Force is consistently at the bottom of the funding table,” said the branch chair.![]()
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Liz’s comments follow the publication of the net budget requirement and council tax precept for 2026/27 by Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Darryl Preston.![]()
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The report, which went before the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel, said that Cambridgeshire Police is set to receive £122.0m in grant funding for 2026/27.![]()
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Mr Preston is recommending an increase of 4.99% in the policing element of the council tax precept. The policing precept for council tax for typical Band D properties in Cambridgeshire would rise by £14.94 to £314.37, or by 4.99 per cent. This would take total funding provisionally to £220.6m.![]()
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The report also highlighted that Cambridgeshire remains the country’s fourth-lowest funded force by total funding and the fifth-lowest for core grant funding.![]()
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Cambridgeshire Police also receives significantly less per capita funding than most of the country, at £247 per resident, compared with the national average of £278. The Force would receive around £28m in additional income if it received the average figure.![]()
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When compared to its most similar forces, Cambridgeshire receives the seventh lowest funding per head of population out of eight. If it received the average of these comparator forces, Cambridgeshire would receive around £10.5m more.![]()
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Liz said: “It’s clear the funding system is broken. For no real reason, it is penalising Cambridgeshire and undervaluing our overstretched members.![]()
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“The case is absolutely clear for ending this postcode lottery, and it needs to happen now, regardless of any government White Paper on police reform.”![]()
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