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Scrapping Police and Crime Commissioners risks 'silencing rural Britain's voice', says Countryside Alliance

The Government has announced today (November 13) that the role of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in England and Wales will be scrapped

Alex Black
Deputy Editor
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Scrapping Police and Crime Commissioners risks 'silencing rural Britain's voice', says Countryside Alliance

The Countryside Alliance has warned of the 鈥榮ignificant implications for rural communities' of scrapping PCCs. Under the plans, the 41 existing elected officials remaining in post only until the end...

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