“Nonessential Spend”: Inside the Crisis Tearing the Police Federation Apart

While frontline officers face cuts and a looming cashflow crisis, documents and disclosures point to executive extravagance, spiralling PR budgets, and growing calls for the CEO to go.

It’s not just a storm brewing inside the Police Federation of England and Wales. It’s a full-blown crisis—one fuelled by growing distrust, financial revelations, and accusations of arrogance from the top. This morning, a series of documents and disclosures shared by the anonymous X account PFEW Whistleblower pulled back the curtain on how deep the probl…