Mr Fahy speaks on workforce issues for the Association of Chief Police Officers Police and council chiefs have told of their concern over the extent of cuts in the government’s Spending Review.
Chief Constable Peter Fahy, of Greater Manchester Police, said a 4% per year cut to police funding would result in fewer officers on England’s streets.
Council budgets will also be cut by 7.1% annually, with thousands of public sector job losses expected.
Chancellor George Osborne said the four year £81bn cuts were guided by “fairness, reform and growth”.
Mr Fahy, who speaks on workforce issues for the Association of Chief Police Officers, said the cuts to policing were broadly in line with expectations but he said there was “no question” there would be fewer officers on the streets.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has previously warned it was preparing to cut 3,100 jobs.
‘Decade of sobriety’
Elsewhere, union bosses in Cornwall said public sector cuts, which will see the loss of 500,000 posts nationwide, would be particularly bad for the area.
Cornwall Council, the county’s unitary authority, has already announced that about 2,000 jobs from a staff of approximately 10,000 would go as a result of spending cuts.
Stuart Roden, from public sector union Unison, said: “If you live in Birmingham or London, there’s another local authority next door. You can maybe get on a bus and go up the road and find yourself another job.
“You just can’t do that in Cornwall.”
Doncaster Council, which employs about 5,200 people, announced plans for 800 redundancies within the next five months, as it seeks to make £80m in budget cuts over four years.
“The public spending cuts… inevitably mean tens of thousand of jobs in our region will be lost over the next four years”
Patrick Burns BBC West Midlands’ Political Correspondent
The posts, which represent more than a sixth of the workforce, will go by the end of March 2011, the authority said.
Unison described the move as “devastating” and warned compulsory redundancies could spark strike action.
And BBC West Midlands’ Political Correspondent Patrick Burns said the Midlands faced a “decade of sobriety”.
“The Midlands has some of the highest concentrations of public sector workers in the country,” he said.
“The public spending cuts announced today inevitably mean tens of thousands of jobs in our region will be lost over the next four years.”
‘Cleggzilla’
There has been strong reaction against the cuts.
A coffin and hearse were driven through the streets of Dorchester, Dorset in protest at the level of public service cuts.
About 100 campaigners took part in the procession dressed in black and carrying banners, saying it marked “the final nail in the coffin” for Dorset public services.
Protests also took place in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, where deputy prime minister and Sheffield Hallam MP Nick Clegg was dubbed “Cleggzilla” by protesters outside Sheffield town hall.
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Transport for London has been told to reduce its budget by £2bn over four years, but sources have told the BBC bus and Tube services would largely be protected.
In the East, motorists in Kent are set to face increased charges for the Dartford Crossing as a result of the Spending Review.
Although subject to consultation, prices are expected to increase from £1.50 to £2.00 in 2011, then to £2.50 in 2012.
Transport Secretary Phillip Hammond confirmed a £1.4bn upgrade to the A14 would not go ahead.
The road, which is the main east to west cross-country route, connects Northamptonshire and Leicestershire to Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.
However some projects have been given the green light.
These include a plan to transform a nine-mile stretch of the A11 in Norfolk and Suffolk into a dual carriageway.
The £134m project has been mooted for decades and was due to go ahead following a public inquiry, although was at risk of being scrapped because it had not been signed off by the Department for Transport.
Also to go ahead are a £500m investment for the Tyne and Wear Metro system and Tees Valley bus network, the redevelopment of Birmingham New Street railway station and the Mersey Gateway project, which will see a second Mersey crossing.
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