Tories 'invest in front line' policing in Dyfed-Powys

Taxpayers in mid and west Wales enjoy lower police costs and safer communities under Tory leadership, a police and crime commissioner has told the party conference.

Christopher Salmon said he had cut the top ten salaries in the Dyfed-Powys force by 20 percent and the police element of council tax by five percent.

"I don't think anyone in Wales knew that taxes could go down," he said.

He said £3m was also saved by taking ownership of a police station that had been built and leased under a £20m private finance initiative (PFI) deal.