Overview
- PCC responsibilities will transfer to directly elected mayors where possible, with council leaders chairing new policing and crime boards elsewhere.
- The government forecasts at least £100 million in savings this Parliament, with around £20 million a year earmarked for frontline and neighbourhood officers.
- Current commissioners will complete their terms and the May 2028 PCC elections will be cancelled as the roles are phased out.
- APCC chair Emily Spurrell condemned the decision as risking a “dangerous accountability vacuum” and criticised the lack of consultation.
- Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp branded the plan “tinkering around the edges” as ministers signal wider changes in a forthcoming reform White Paper.