As the public sector cuts bite, the Government keeps telling us we are all in this together. It may not always be the case, but there are some remarkable similarities between local government and the police, Sir Hugh Orde explains to Heather Jameson

Local government may have taken more than its fair share of public sector cuts, but for the police, the impact has been almost as bad. Sir Hugh Orde, president of the Association of Chief Police Officers is only too aware of the impact it is having on his members.