Leicestershire's chief constable, Simon Cole, has welcomed a Government U-turn on widely anticipated cuts to police budgets.
The Leicestershire force was braced for a cut of at least 25 per cent in its grant from central government.
But Chancellor George Osborne said yesterday funding would not be cut and would keep pace with inflation over the next five years.
Mr Osborne said: "Now is not the time for further police cuts, now is the time to back our police and give them the tools to...
