Lord Brian Mackenzie, an advisor on policing to the previous government, said he could see a link between slower response times and cutbacks.

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Lord Justice Brian Leveson, the judge who led the inquiry, will now compile recommendations to the U.K. government on possible new press regulations, based on the testimonies and evidence submitted to the inquiry in recent months.

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Brian Lord, HMP Manchester branch secretary for the POA, said raising the retirement age would be "unsafe".

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