Cash-strapped police officers are having to use food banks to feed their families as the cost of living crisis continues to do damage.
Despite a recent £1,900 flat wage increase across all police ranks in England and Wales, the national chair of the Police Federation Steve Hartshorn says thousands of officers are fighting poverty as well as crime.
Mr Hartshorn, who has just stepped into the new role, says some officers can't afford the cost of travelling to work while others have been going to food banks just to get enough to eat for their families.
