Police: 'The cuts will hit us hard'
The West Midlands Police secretary, Chris Jones, says the proposed 20% cuts to the police force will hit them hard.
Mr. Jones was speaking outside the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, where a Boris look-a-like rode outside with a 'PC Pleb' t-shirt on in protest at alleged comments against a police officer made by Sutton Coldfield MP Andrew Mitchell.
Police 'protest' expected outside Tory Party conference
Further demonstrations are expected by police federation members across the Midlands at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.
Patrick McLoughlin in the spotlight
The first full day of the Conservative Party Conference gets underway later this morning at the ICC in Birmingham.
Party conference begins
Thousands of delegates have arrived in Birmingham for the annual Tory party conference.