MPs call for help over Lincolnshire Police 'bankruptcy' fears
In the letter, the MPs called for an urgent meeting with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to "discuss how the matter could be resolved".The findings came from independent experts at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), the letter detailed.CIPFA accessed the force's efficiency and warned that "without additional support or fundamental change in funding arrangements, the force is at risk of having to issue a Section 114 notice".The MPs said this would "mark the first time a police force has ever been forced to do so".It added that this would leave "communities in Lincolnshire unpoliced and unsafe".The letter was signed by Dr Caroline Johnson, Sir John Hayes, Sir Edward Leigh, Victoria Atkins, Gareth Davies, Alicia Kearns and Richard Tice.The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Lincolnshire has been approached for comment.
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