London's police force is to slash planned capital spending by almost £400m over the next seven years as a result of market pressures, writes Olivia Boyd.rnThe news comes six months after the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) became one of the first public bodies to signal that public spending would not be immune to the recession when it placed its £1.4bn seven-year building programme under review. The revised programme now stands at £1.04bn.rnThe figures have emerged after being released unnoticed in a March finance report for the MPA.rnOver the next three years, the fall will equate to about £100m. For 2009/10, the figure has been cut by £26m from £205m to £179m. In 2010/11, spendingrnlevels will shrink by £39m from £168m to £129m and in 2011/12, they will fall £35m from £155m to £120m.rnThe MPA said: "We are looking at further borrowing to allow schemes to be brought forward, but we anticipate reductions in programmes across many councils in London and across the country, with reduced receipts from disposals."
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