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Former Gwent officer Ian Johnston, now president of the Police Superintendents’ Association, said police jobs will go following nationwide budget slashing. The Chief Inspector Sir Denis O’Connor said changing shift patterns and more collaboration between forces was needed to redesign officers’ working practices in order to save 12%.

Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, said that half of the quangos run by his department were to be abolished. The ‘quango’ acronym stands for quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation, and this pledge to scrap as many of these bodies as possible is part of David Cameron’s plans to cut waste in the public sector.

Injured police officers who can no longer work on the front line would be offered severance packages in a plan by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo). Peter Fahy, the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester and the Acpo spokesman on workforce development, said: "In most forces around 10 per cent of officers are not fully fit for duty.

At least 250 jobs are to be axed in a reorganisation of the Welsh assembly government’s department for the economy. The restructuring will reduce the workforce by around a quarter, and it is understood these will be mainly by early retirement, voluntary redundancy and departmental transfers. The assembly government said this measure would support the economic renewal programme outlined by the Deputy First Minister recently.

Some alarming results have come from a study commissioned by the Chief Inspector of Constabulary. In a sample of large police forces, around one in ten officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) were available on Monday mornings at 9am, which is traditionally a quiet time for crime. But after midnight on Friday night, the busiest time for police, that proportion plummeted to just 6 per cent.

Deganwy has introduced two free parking spaces in the Station Road car park in the village centre to try and attract new business to its area of Gwynedd. They allow a 30 minute stay, with no ticket required, in a bid to attract more customers who want to make quick stops.

A radical plan to restructure the NHS and shave a chunk off its huge bill sees the end of primary care trusts. Much of the PCTs’ commissioning work is instead expected to be contracted out by doctors to private health firms, such as Bupa, Capita and a host of USA-owned organisations.

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One in five British workers takes a "sickie" a year according to a latest study. Brits’ shirk ethic was revealed when it was estimated suspect sick days cost the UK economy a huge £1.6bn a year.

Slashing community safety programmes and police numbers during the recession could have a disproportionate impact on the long-term economic and social well-being of communities across Wales, a Cardiff University policing expert has warned.

More than 800 false IDs used by young people trying to get into Swansea pubs and clubs have been seized in the past year. A scheme to check on identification resulted in 835 driving licenses, passports or other identification documents seized.

A Freedom of Information (FoI) request has revealed that 30 Dyfed-Powys Police staff receive salaries of more than £40,000 a year. The request asked for details of ‘civilian’ staff that earn more than £40,000, in other words not including police officers. The biggest salary is for the Director of Finance and Resources, earning £96,375.