POLICE and crime commissioner Angus Macpherson urged people to have their say on proposals to increase the amount each household pays to the police.

He wants to increase the council tax policing levy, meaning the average household would pay an extra £24 a year on the tax bill.

A consultation on the plans has hit the halfway point. It ends on January 31.

Mr Macpherson said: "“It’s always a difficult decision to increase the precept, but it is necessary if we want more police officers.

“The long distance between our communities puts added pressure on our resources, and I continue to lobby the government to give Wiltshire a fairer amount of the national funding pot.”

For more, visit: www.wiltshire-pcc.gov.uk or email pcc@wiltshire.pcc.pnn.gov.uk.