What is Shabana Mahmood proposing in biggest ever' policing reforms?

"After a stream of policy announcements over several months, Shabana Mahmood has unveiled a white paper outlining reforms that will affect every police force across England and Wales and could well abolish most of them. The home secretary's department has described it as the biggest overhaul of policing since the service was founded two centuries ago. The white paper, entitled From Local to National: a New Model for Policing, outlines policies that will include:"

"A reduction in the number of police forces from the current 43 by 2034 a review will determine the details. An FBI-style National Police Service to lead on terrorism, fraud and organised crime. The launch of local policing areas in every borough city and town, with officers focusing on neighbourhood policing. Giving home secretaries the power to sack chief constables. Every police officer in England and Wales to be made to hold a licence to serve and asked to face regular tests."

"Perhaps the most ambitious proposal in the document is merging forces, which will save billions of pounds, officials said. Money currently being spent on replicating backroom services such as human resources, payroll and IT could be diverted to frontline services instead. Each force will be divided into a number of local policing areas where neighbourhood officers will be responsible for dealing with shoplifting, phone theft and antisocial behaviour."

A white paper titled From Local to National: a New Model for Policing proposes sweeping reforms across England and Wales, including reducing the current 43 police forces by 2034 pending a review. An FBI-style National Police Service would lead on terrorism, fraud and organised crime while local policing areas in every borough, city and town would focus officers on neighbourhood policing. The proposals would give home secretaries power to sack chief constables, require every officer to hold a licence and face regular tests, fast-track professionals into senior roles, create a national forensics team, expand live facial recognition and abolish police and crime commissioners by 2028.

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