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Chris McCall

Police numbers in Scotland could be slashed due to Holyrood budget cuts, warns top cop

Police numbers in Scotland could be slashed as the national constabulary deals with a multi-million pound drop in funding, the country's top cop has warned.

Chief Constable Iain Livingstone said the policing budget "was not a priority" for SNP and Green ministers.

A Scottish Government spending review last month froze budgets across the justice sector over the next five years which means a cut in real terms as inflation soars.

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