Britain's biggest police force will have to ‘ration’ its services making officers ‘slow’ to respond to crime if budgets are cut, its chief has warned.Outgoing Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has threatened that the force will have to introduce NHS-Style ‘rationing’ of its services to the public.Below are the most common reasons: This site uses cookies to improve performance by remembering that you are logged in when you go from page to page.


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