Councillors say they have ‘no confidence’ in Andy Burnham’s ‘management’ of Greater Manchester Police and residents are living in a ‘criminal free-for-all’.
Oldham’s Liberal Democrat group proposed a motion at a meeting of the full council, where they asked the chief executive to write to the Mayor and Deputy Mayor Baroness Bev Hughes to inform them of the council’s ‘lack of confidence in their ability to effectively manage GMP’. Despite being supported by the Lib Dems, the Failsworth Independent Party, and some of the Conservative group, it was defeated with the Labour group and some Tory members voting against.
The call came after His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) issued their latest report into the force, which lifted it out of so-called ‘special measures’. GMP was placed in enhanced monitoring in December 2020 after a report revealed an estimated 80,000 crimes had not been properly recorded.
