Secular Café: Scottish police reorganisation and debts

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Scottish police reorganisation and debts Dec 16th 2012, 10:54 I assume this is all part of the SNP's rebranding of everything Scottish. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20743687 Quote: Scotland's new single police force will have debts totalling more than £100m, it has been warned. The Scottish Conservatives have raised concerns about the scale of the debt after obtaining figures in a parliamentary written answer. The country's eight police forces will be merged into a single Scottish service at the start of April 2013. A Scottish government spokesman said Police Scotland would be given funds to service the debt... ...The Conservatives accused the government of failing to keep tabs on the debts, with annual repayments costing just under £6m. John Lamont MSP, who requested the figures, said: "Beginning life lumbered with debts of more than £100m is far from an ideal situation. "The Scottish government has had years to sort this out, but because of its negligence on this matter, Scotland's police force will have to shell out millions every year simply servicing this deficit.

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