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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/police-election-could-cost-130m.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Plans for the most radical reforms to policing in 50 years could cost 130 million pounds, says a report" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-police-election-could-cost-130m.jpg" alt="Plans for the most radical reforms to policing in 50 years could cost 130 million pounds, says a report"/></a></p>
<p>Government plans to introduce locally-elected police and crime commissioners could cost more than £130 million to set up and run in the first year, figures show.</p>
<p>Each of the new roles will attract pay and benefits of about £122,000, an impact assessment released by the Home Office reveals. The moves are part of some of the most radical reforms to policing in 50 years.</p>
<p>Home Secretary Theresa May said the police and crime commissioners &#8220;will cost no more than police authorities&#8221;. But the elections, to be held every four years from May 2012, will cost £50 million, the figures showed.</p>
<p>Mrs May insisted: &#8220;I do think it will give people value for money.&#8221; She added that the figure for the pay and benefits of the 41 new commissioners, put at £5 million, was only an estimate and will be set following consultation with the senior salaries review body.</p>
<p>The Home Secretary will have no powers to sack a commissioner or a chief constable under the &#8220;new era&#8221; of policing, which will see power move away from Whitehall. But the Home Secretary can intervene &#8220;if the police and crime commissioner was preparing to set a budget that was less than necessary to maintain appropriate policing in the area&#8221;, Mrs May said.</p>
<p>But the fundamental overhaul of the way police are governed is the &#8220;wrong policy at the wrong time&#8221;, representatives of the current doomed system have said.</p>
<p>Rob Garnham, who represents police authorities across England and Wales, said plans published by the Government did not reflect the public&#8217;s priorities.</p>
<p>The Tory politician lashed out at the detail of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, which was drawn up by his own party.</p>
<p>And he suggested that the structural changes could detract from work to balance budgets, tackle organised crime and secure the 2012 Olympics.</p>
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