From local to national: techUK member feedback session on the future of policing (Home Office white paper)

Policing in England and Wales is on the brink of its most significant transformation in recent times. The Home Secretary on behalf of the Government has released its new white paper From Local to National: A New Model for Policing, setting out a bold vision to rebuild public trust, modernise policing, and better equip officers to tackle today’s rapidly evolving threats.

Data, innovation technology is a repeated theme of the document and offers an exciting opportunity for member organisations.

What does the white paper propose?

• Stronger local policing: 13,000 additional neighbourhood officers, reduced bureaucracy, and modernised laws. Accountability for policing services will move from the current APCC structures to local authority led / Mayoral models.

• A unified policing system: Proposals to review the current 43 force model and create a new National Police Service to lead standards, technology, and national delivery, including the creation of a new National Police Service to lead standards, technology, and national coordination, formed of organisations such as:
  

  • Counter Terrorism Policing

  • National Police Chief’s Council

  • National Crime Agency

  • College of Policing

• Coordination of Procurement: Bringing together and leveraging efficiencies through national procurement of systems and services placing Police Digital Services within the National Policing Service.

• Improved consistency and performance: A new

  Police Performance Framework

  , enhanced oversight, improved vetting and accountability.

• Modern capabilities: Investment in data and the National Data Integration and Exploitation Service (NDIES) and AI through

  Police.AI

  , national data-sharing improvements, and new capabilities to tackle cyber-enabled crime and fraud.

Your input matters

This upcoming session is a timely opportunity for techUK members to come together, explore, and unpack the major changes set out in the newly published white paper. With significant reforms proposed across structures, governance, technology, and national coordination, your voice has never been more important.

To help shape a strong, representative submission to government and senior policing stakeholders, we are asking all members to complete this short survey ahead of the session. Your insights will directly guide the discussion on the day and will form a key part of techUK’s submission to government and policing stakeholders on the impact of the white paper on suppliers.