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Police officers resorting to food banks, says Met head
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley who has said that police officers are resorting to food banks after having their pay squeezed over the last decade
POLICE officers are resorting to foodbanks after having their pay squeezed over the last decade, the head of Britain’s biggest force said yesterday.
Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said he was concerned that growing numbers of officers were struggling to make ends meet.
He said while police have no wish to strike, they were “frustrated” at the way their living standards have been eroded in recent years.
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