Identifying £8m of Potential Savings For Humberside Police – A Leapwise Case Study
Like many other forces in England and Wales, Humberside Police are working hard to protect officer numbers while dealing with uncertain funding and demand that is becoming ever more complex. While Humberside has long been a high-performing force, it was facing a major funding gap at a time when it was trying to implement its […]
The Case for Police Structural Reform
In writing about this topic, the obvious starting point is the Policing White Paper published towards the end of January. As we noted in our snap response blog, the breadth of structural changes announced was genuinely impressive. With a new National Police Service (which Leapwise are involved in working on) plus possible mergers into a more […]
Current police workforce strategy (or the lack of it) is hurting police productivity
The new Increasing Police Productivity report was published last week, following the Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) inquiry in November 2025. The PAC called on the Government to work with the National Police Chiefs’ Council to assess the implications of the focus on maintaining police officer numbers, including identifying the impact on personnel and the operational […]
Snap Response: What Does the Policing White Paper Actually Say?
After a weekend of headlines heralding a new ‘British FBI’ and the biggest shake-up of policing for decades, the Policing White Paper was finally published on Monday afternoon. And, while more political news managed to steal some of the attention away, the plans announced were meaty. The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood called them: “the most […]
The True Cost of the Police Uplift Programme
We have written before about the growing imbalance in the policing workforce. Under the Police Uplift Programme, forces have been pushed towards staffing models that prioritise officer numbers over effectiveness, flexibility, and value for money. Our earlier analysis showed that this shift has already created at least a £55m annual cost through inefficient deployment of […]
Event Write-Up: Leapwise at the APCC-NPCC Summit 2025
This week, Leapwise attended the APCC-NPCC Partnership Summit, meeting with chief constables, PCCs, and other key stakeholders to discuss the state of policing and the agenda for change across the sector. It was, unsurprisingly, a tense affair. Last week, the Home Secretary announced that PCCs are being abolished and their role taken on by deputy […]
Refreshed Perspective – A New Era of Police Efficiency: Savings Beyond the Salami Slicer
We’re less than two months out from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget on the 26th November. It’s universally recognised that the Government has a tough task to balance the books. At Leapwise, leaders we speak to across policing, security and justice are also feeling the pinch. It’s got us thinking about this blog we published […]
Meet Valeria Ilies – Her Passion for Strategy & Transformation and Public Impact
Our team is the reason we consistently deliver exceptional results for our clients. We want to introduce you to our team members who are the driving force behind Leapwise. Meet Valeria Ilies Valeria is our newest Senior Manager at Leapwise. With extensive experience in consulting and change management projects, Valeria will be leading our strategy and […]
Norfolk & Suffolk: Accelerating the Joint Transformation Programme – A Leapwise Case Study
As all police leaders know, funding has been squeezed for forces across England and Wales for many years. That’s created an environment in which those same leaders must carefully justify spending and seek productivity improvements with even greater urgency. However, as this case study shows, it’s still possible to create meaningful change at a time when […]
The Police Uplift Programme (Part 2): the £55m cost of keeping police officers away from the frontline
Hiring 20,000 more police officers does not translate to having 20,000 more coppers serving on our streets. This was the lesson in the first blog in this series, which showed that an increasing proportion ofwarranted officers have been going into support services every year since the Police Uplift Programme began. In this second blog in that series, we show: How the shape of police staffing is changing To understand […]