POLICE budgets are expected to be dealt another blow when the Chancellor announces the next round of spending cuts on November 25.

Having seen £80m axed from a £360m budget since 2010, resulting in the loss of 750 officer posts and 900 support staff in line with the rest of UK police forces, Hampshire Constabulary is expecting to face further cuts which, according to deputy police and crime commissioner Robin Jarman, could be up to 40 per cent.

The former police officer has said: “We are facing extremely difficult times.”

He added that the cuts were “unprecedented”.

Mr Jarman said that with a huge reduction in staffing levels there was a need for change in the delivery of policing.