The Daily Telegraph reports that Durham Constabulary - the police force that patrols Tony Blair's Sedgefield constituency - is facing a £10 million deficit that could lead to a cut of 300 officers. That would represent nearly one in five of its staff.
This shortfall of public funds for essential services mirrors the problems and cutbacks being suffered by the NHS.
Yet the £10 million that's causing this problem is not even one day's contribution to the EU budget, at next year's net level of £115 million a week.
Is one day of the EU worth losing 300 police officers? This is the choice MPs will endorse if they vote to approve the EU's new financing arrangements agreed last December, when it comes before Parliament early next year.
The costs of the EU have swung wildly out of control relative to the needs of essential services directly affecting the quality of life of hundreds of thousands of people.
MPs need to send a clear public signal that Tony Blair's priorities in promising 60% more money to the EU last December are all wrong, or face the blame for local spending and service cuts come the next election.
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