Southport MP Damien Moore has been accused of "hiding the bank statement" from Southport residents over his police funding claims.

It comes after the UK Statistics Authority criticised Theresa May for misleading the public over police spending levels following a complaint by Labour's Shadow Police and Crime Minister, Louise Haigh.

The Prime Minister had claimed that the Government was spending an extra £450 million on police funding. Something that was then repeated by the Home Office while Southport's Tory MP issued a statement to local press welcoming "a substantial £450 million increase in police funding".

Mrs May has though now been rebuked by UK Statistics Authority Chair, Sir David Norgrove, who detailed how:

“We have commented in the past about statements on police funding and emphasised the need for greater precision in the way numbers are used... the Prime Minister’s statement and the Home Office’s tweet could have led the public to conclude incorrectly that central government is providing an additional £450m for police spending in 2018/19...The Home Office tweet also implied that the £450m sum is guaranteed."

In fact, in real terms, it amounted to yet another a cut in central government funding as up to £270m of the funding settlement will come from council tax payers but only if local police commissioners and mayors can increase council tax rates sufficiently to raise the full amount. The leader of the House of Commons, Tory MP Andrea Leadsom, also came in for criticism after claiming that the £270m was in addition to the fictional £450m in government spending.

In local press reports, Southport's Conservative MP, Damien Moore welcomed the "£450 million increase" saying rather confusingly "this includes up to an additional £270 million in police force budgets" but he failed to mention that money had yet to be raised or that if it was, it would be coming from council tax payers.

Now, Labour's Parliamentary Candidate, Liz Savage, has criticised the MP and his party for their lax accounting:

"This isn't the first time they have played fast and loose with the numbers. It's rather like hiding the bank statement from your partner after maxing their credit card. The Tories aided by the Lib-Dems cut £2.3 billion from police funding, with hundreds of millions more in real terms since by the Tories alone and now local council tax payers are being forced to foot the bill. They are doing exactly the same with local government funding, so when residents see their council tax bills go up, remember why and who to thank for it."

If his lips were moving HE WAS LYING.

Just seen a Tory waffler on the news er um well er' ing his way through the question about the British Passport making contract being awarded to a French company. The boss of De La Rue a British company that has been producing our passports for years has been told this morning that they have NOT won the contract, but our Tory liar says the er process has er not er been concluded er yet. So Sir Liar WHY has the firm involved been informed that they HAVE NOT WON the contract. A simple question that should be quite simple to answer. We are leaving the EU but this twisted bunch of clowns give contracts to European Countries no wonder the country is a laughing stock around the world.
Breweries and **** ups are way out of their league.

Originally Posted by Little Londoner

If his lips were moving HE WAS LYING.

Just seen a Tory waffler on the news er um well er' ing his way through the question about the British Passport making contract being awarded to a French company. The boss of De La Rue a British company that has been producing our passports for years has been told this morning that they have NOT won the contract, but our Tory liar says the er process has er not er been concluded er yet. So Sir Liar WHY has the firm involved been informed that they HAVE NOT WON the contract. A simple question that should be quite simple to answer. We are leaving the EU but this twisted bunch of clowns give contracts to European Countries no wonder the country is a laughing stock around the world.
Breweries and **** ups are way out of their league.

The Country is nothing like the laughing stock it will become if Corbyn and his Markxist buddies get voted into power.

Originally Posted by justbecause

The Country is nothing like the laughing stock it will become if Corbyn and his Markxist buddies get voted into power.

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