article_snippet.sent: Police and crime commissioners (PCCs) would be axed to help fund the £800 million plan to guarantee neighbourhood policing across England and Wales.
article_snippet.sent: PCCs were set up by the Tories to increase accountability, but turnout was just 15 per cent in elections held in 2011.
article_snippet.sent: Labour has a better plan.
article_snippet.sent: Axing the PCCs combined with charging higher fees for gun licences and requiring police forces to share services and carry out joint procurement would fund the plans, according to Labour.
article_snippet.sent: People have had enough of Labour's made-up numbers and scaremongering.