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UNIT ONE – GOVERNMENT POLICIESAssignment 2 – Policy impact and developments
A policy is used to describe any root of action which mostly changes due to the situation. The
government uses policies to tackle many different issues. Some of the government policies that are
created can impact our public services in a wide range of ways.
FINANCIAL REDUCTION OR INCREASE
The financial reduction or increase policy was set up to manage all the income and outcome within
the public services and will monitor how much is spent or not. This government policy will determine
how much money the public services actually are allowed to be given. In the public services the
heart of work is finance. In the every single service they rely on the finance to pay for their
equipment they use, pay for the personnel that are working within the public services and more.
In the UK government the different levels within the government actually decide how much money is
actually given out to the different public services. In Leicestershire, the police force has a budget of
£170.840m in 2016. The majority of the financial income to the public services is raised though
taxation. The head of the police force will spilt the money and give the needed amount for the
different departments. These departments will use this money in several different ways such as
paying for more advanced equipment to benefit the service and maintaining the current
equipment/technology they have, also paying the personnel who are actually working for the police
force and more. Every police officers will receive an average salary of £33,000 each year. This
becomes a lot of money when the department has to pay each and every single officer.
This financial reduction and increase policy has impacted the public service tremendously in many
ways. The police force relies on the large amount of money they are given to them so it allows them
to maintain and buy new technology to make the police force more effectively. A positive impact on
the police force would be if they got given even more money than they do currently. This would
allow the police departments to spend more money on equipment and resources to become even
more effective and decrease crime. When the financial income is decreased in the police then there
starts to become a lot of problems. The police are impacted when this happens as they won’t have
the large amounts of money they use to get. This will cause less equipment being repaired as it is too
expensive, police stations could be closed down as they don’t have to money to actually run
everything which causes people to lose their jobs or roles. This policy falls under the financial
constraints in the broad agenda. The positive side of financial increase for the police force is it allows
the department to buy or repair their equipment to become/maintain their effectiveness. A negative
impact of when the financial reduction is in place, impacts their forces as they need high amounts of
income for them to maintain their equipment. Overall this policy has positive and negative sides.
The policy of financial reduction and increase within the police force has impacted the police, society
and some communities. This policy has affected the society because the main income for the police
is the public tax. This will affect the public when the government choose to increase the finance of
the police force. This will cause demonstrations as people will want the tax to come back down as it
, might be too much money for them. Communities might have to pay even more money. When the
public disagree with the government policies, the public opinion can be very powerful and influence
the government to change the policy. The public could take the policy is a bad way and start
demonstrations or sit ins. They do this is get their point across. This policy can impact the police
force in many different ways. When finical reduction is put into place the police force won’t be
getting as much income as they normally do causing their equipment not to be getting maintained
properly as it is too much money. A positive impact about this policy for the police force is when it
gets increased the police service will receive more money than they normally do. This will allow
them to buy and maintain their equipment. This is allowing the police to maintain their effectiveness.
A negative side of when it gets reduced is the police will have to be more careful with their money as
the equipment is expensive the run and repair. Overall this policy can have advantages and
disadvantages to everyone.
The policy has a wide impact on most public services. the public services do not get unlimited
amounts of money given to them. All the services have to budget their money and spend it on
resources that will be effective to their jobs. Most services get their funds from the public taxes. If
the services get more money they will have an advantages as they will be able to get a wider range of
things but if taxes go down, the public services will all suffer and won’t be able to get as much as
they want.
With this policy, it doesn’t just affect the police force, but with all of the services. As I’ve said before
the services rely on the amount of money they get given for them as it allows them to get new or
repair equipment they have. They can also buy new clothing or more for their personnel. This policy
can impact both the public services and the communities. This is because If there is always financial
reduction and increase it can mess the public services about. The reason for why it can impact the
public services is because if there is a reduction in the financial area it can affect the services as their
equipment which requires high maintenance and upgrading, it can cost them a lot of money to
maintain them. If the public services get a reduction in their money, they might not be able to
maintain the equipment they normally use. But they can also be affect in a positive way. If the public
services get an increase, they will be able to buy more and effective equipment along with being able
to maintain their equipment they currently have. The communities can also get affect by this policy.
As most of the public services funds come from taxes, the public will have to pay more in tax if the
services get an increase which is a big impact for the civilians. As the services, the community can
also be affected in a positive way. If there is a reduction in income, they will have to pay less money.
With this policy it can affect communities long term and short term because in long time, the
communities would have to pay a lot of money if there is an increase.
REFERENCE
https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=how
%20much%20money%20does%20a%20police%20officer%20get%20a%20year
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-finance
http://www.leics.pcc.police.uk/Planning-and-Money/Finance/Council-Tax.aspx
https://bbcnews.com
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