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<p>For 2019/20 we are proposing the biggest increase in funding since 2010 - total
funding of up to £14 billion for 2019-20, an increase of up to £970m compared to 2018/19,
including council tax, pensions funding and national investment. With more money for
local police forces, counter terrorism and tackling serious and or-ganised crime.</p><p>We
are increasing Government grants to PCCs by £161m, with every PCC’s grant protected
in real terms. Additionally, PCCs will be empowered to raise council tax contributions
for local policing up to £2-a-month per household. If all PCCs in-crease their precept
by £24 a year, this could raise up to around £509m for police forces to spend locally.</p><p>It
is right for PCCs to decide if council tax should increase by £2 a month for a Band
D households. Elected PCCs will have to make a case for raising local tax to their
electorate and be accountable for delivery of a return on that public invest-ment.</p><p>We
have reviewed the changing and increasingly complex demands on the police and this
settlement will enable them to meet the financial pressures they face next year, while
continuing to recruit.</p>
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