MILLIONS of pounds of taxpayers' money will be wasted unless a quick decision is taken on a new police headquarters for the west of the country, the head of a force watchdog has warned.
MILLIONS of pounds of taxpayers' money will be wasted unless a quick decision is taken on a new police headquarters for the west of the country, the head of a force watchdog has warned.
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GERRY BRAIDEN
Phil Braat, chairman of Strathclyde Police's governing body, has said the new national force that will come into being next year would pay an extra £7.5 million for a replacement for Glasgow's "no longer fit for purpose" Pitt Street HQ if a decision was left beyond the next few months.
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