[Christmas Dynasnow]

Imagine this x 43 other Police forces in England alone...

[Oliver_W]

What does it even achieve?

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

What does it even achieve?

I can only think that virtue signalling is the new getting promoted?

Its people feeling important by pretending to care

[Oliver_W]

When cuts are (potetially) being made to things like helping old people to heat their homes, and to disabled people's only income, along with tax rises ... why is that even still a thing? It's the kind of pointless luxury that should be the first to go.

[Christmas Dynasnow]

And council tax hikes may well be related to this stuff?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

And council tax hikes may well be related to this stuff?

The amount listed in the above totals to £1,384,264.

"The budget for West Yorkshire Police in 2024–2025 is £615.5 million" (quick google)

Thus these figures represent roughly 0.2% of total budget.

So it seems quite unlikely?

You probably need to learn to look at numbers in proportion, rather than seeing "big numbers" and saying "That's lots!"

If you'd like another stat

The entire West Yorkshire police budget is equal to 0.15% of your pal Elon's treasure trove.

[arista]

LT Police do not want that posted.

Watch your back

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Makes you wonder what else they and others are wasting money on?

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by arista

LT Police do not want that posted.

Watch your back

Its a freedom of interest request being granted so they released the information themselves

[Christmas Dynasnow]

November just gone the DT revealed that Police diversity jobs have increased by almost a
third in three years

Richard Tice, the Reform UK deputy leader, described it as an “outrageous abuse of
taxpayers’ cash” and said the spending did “nothing to prevent crime and catch criminals”.

Earlier last year Kemi Badenoch, then the business secretary and equalities minister,
commissioned a report which found that the majority of spending on EDI was a waste of money.