Police and crime commissioners roles will be abolished under plans being announced by Labour.
The Home Office is getting rid of the position and handing oversight over local policing to mayors or policing boards made up of local councillors.
Sarah Jones, the policing minister, is set to tell the Commons today that PCCs will be abolished from 2028 to coincide with the next slate of elections – which typically suffer from low turnouts.
The Home Office is getting rid of police and crime commissioners and handing oversight over local policing to mayors and councils
PCCs were created by Baroness May in 2012 to make police forces and fire services answerable to elected officials.
They have the power to dismiss chief constables, draw up crime fighting plans and set local police budgets and council tax precepts.
But critics have long dismissed them as ‘an extra layer of bureaucracy’ and a waste of taxpayer money.
There are currently 18 Conservative PCCs and 14 Labour PCCs.