Police commissioner Julia Mulligan told spending will be more closely monitored

By Stuart Minting
Published 21st Feb 2019, 18:53 BST
Updated 21st Feb 2019, 19:57 BST
Julia Mulligan, the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. Picture by Tony Johnson.Julia Mulligan, the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. Picture by Tony Johnson.
Julia Mulligan, the North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. Picture by Tony Johnson.
A police commissioner has been warned she will face closer financial monitoring after setting the largest rise in the police element of council tax in living memory.

North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan said a decision by the county’s Police, Fire and Crime Panel to set a precept increase of just under ten per cent – of £22.95 in 2019/20 for a Band D property – gave the force a chance to “redress the balance” towards community policing.