THE four remaining men hoping to become Northamptonshire’s first Police and Crime Commissioner can be quizzed by readers during a question and answer session on the Chronicle & Echo’s website tomorrow (Friday).
The hopefuls, who are still reeling from news that the Labour candidate Lee Barron has been forced to pull out of the race, will take questions from readers for 90 minutes from 11am as they bid to get your vote for the crucial election on November 15.
The candidates have been travelling across the county to take part in public debates. However, the online debate will be the first time the candidates have discussed the job and their hopes for the role via the internet.
To get involved in the debate and to ask any of the remaining candidates a question, simply click Newsdesk Live at 11am.
In the latest in a series of features looking at what each candidate plans to do, if elected, we asked them what they would do to raise money in their first budget and whether they would increase the police council tax threshold.
The new commissioner will have to write a budget for the force - and get it agreed - within the first couple of months of coming into office. They will have to decide whether to raise the police precept and increase tax across the county, or whether to plug funding gaps through further cuts.
The budget will have to be approved by the new Police and Crime Panel before it is passed.
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