Cumbria Police expects to burst budget by nearly £1 million

Cumbria Constabulary is expected to show an overspend of almost £1 million at the end of the financial year in March 2018.

The Police and Crime Commissioner Peter McCall announced the news today, after his Public Accountability Conference.

The Police and Crime Commissioner is putting the overspend down to the government's unexpected one per cent pay increase for public sector workers, and one per cent bonus, as well as increased policing because of the terror threat.