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‘Super-force’ plans a real threat to local policing, English mayors say
<p>Regional leaders criticise Met chief’s call for merging of 43 forces into eight or 10, saying it runs counter to devolution drive</p><p>Plans to slash the number of police forces in England and Wales represent a “real threat” to local policing and seriously undermine Andy Burnham’s devolution agenda, leading mayors have said.</p><p>Mark Rowley, the Metrop