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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/payne-vow-on-child-protection-cuts.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Sara Payne has vowed to fight austerity cuts affecting child protection" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-payne-vow-on-child-protection-cuts.jpg" alt="Sara Payne has vowed to fight austerity cuts affecting child protection"/></a></p>
<p>The mother of murdered schoolgirl Sarah Payne has vowed to fight austerity cuts affecting child protection &#8211; just months after surviving from a life-threatening stroke.</p>
<p>Sara Payne, who was given a 50/50 chance of living following a massive brain seizure just over a year ago, said cash-saving measures would undo the good work already done to protect youngsters.</p>
<p>She criticised the Government for targeting the public rather than criminals when it came to budget cuts.</p>
<p>&#8220;The message from the Government seems to be that they are going to be extremely soft on criminals but really tough on the public,&#8221; she told the News of The World.</p>
<p>&#8220;They must never forget the children and all the work that has been done to protect them. There will be cutbacks &#8211; but what cost can you put on the protection of children?&#8221;</p>
<p>Ms Payne, who has learnt to talk and walk again following her stroke, said she wants a meeting with Home Secretary Theresa May to discuss the future of the threatened Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop).</p>
<p>She also vowed to fight the winding-up of the Forensic Science Service (FSS) &#8211; which helped convict paedophile Roy Whiting who murdered eight-year-old Sarah in 2000. Criticising plans to close the service, which also helped snare killers such as Soham murderer Ian Huntley and Suffolk Strangler Steve Wright, Ms Payne, 42, said: &#8220;The main piece of evidence against Whiting was Sarah&#8217;s hair on his jumper. The public want the forensic science service to be part of the money they pay.&#8221;</p>
<p>According to the Home Office, the FSS &#8211; which makes an operating loss of £2 million per month &#8211; is likely to run out of money by the end of the month and is expected to be wound up by March 2012, costing around 1,600 jobs.</p>
<p>Experts have warned the closure would cause the country to lose its position as world leader in crime-scene investigation.</p>
<p>Ms Payne also criticised plans to merge Ceop with a new British National Crime Agency. &#8220;The merger will result in it being watered down and you won&#8217;t have a specialised unit in the end,&#8221; she said.</p>
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