The review, led by former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe, is due to make recommendations later this year on restructuring policing across England and Wales - where there are currently 43 constabularies - into fewer, larger forces.

Norfolk and Suffolk could potentially find themselves within an East of England "mega force" alongside constabularies across the region.

Lord Hogan-Howe (Image: Stefan Rousseau / Press Association)

However, Suffolk's police and crime commissioner (PCC) Tim Passmore has vowed to oppose such a move, saying closer collaboration or even a merger between Norfolk and........

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