The Home Office may have to cut the overall number of police officers after Rachel Reeves ignored pleas for more cash for fighting crime.
The Chancellor is said to have 'imposed' a funding settlement on Home Secretary Yvette Cooper yesterday ahead of Wednesday's Spending Review, after reaching an impasse in negotiations.
It came after she demanded more money for police forces, who have themselves warned that they will be hindered unless more money is forthcoming.
However Ms Reeves be believed to be planning to prioritise the NHS, education, nuclear energy and boosting defence when she unveil the multi-year financial plans tomorrow.
She today signed off £14.2billion for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant – more than 40 years after it was proposed - with the plant eventually powering 6million homes.
