UK politics: Police chiefs say funding ‘falls far short’ of what is needed to meet government’s ambitions – as it happened

NPCC's Gavin Stephens says settlement in spending review will cover little more than inflationary pay rises

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Green party MPs and activists joined a protest outside parliament today saying the government should use the spending review to announce a wealth tax. In a post on social media, Adrian Ramsay, the party's co-leader, said:

We expect the chancellor to take another axe to public spending today: decline by design from a govt that refuses to tax wealth to properly fund our overstretched public services & support the most vulnerable. We need to invest in a secure & fairer future. #TaxExtremeWealth