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bazzerfewi Supreme Member Offline Baz Posts: 580 Location: Barnsley Joined: Sep 12^th, 2007 Gender:	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #15 - Oct 29^th, 2015 at 8:53am	Print Post
	I have made contact with the Police Library and i am awaiting their feedback, I will post any results.


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mesoangry Newbie Offline Posts: 1 Joined: Nov 12^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #16 - Nov 12^th, 2015 at 11:38pm	Print Post
	101 calls are fixed fee of 15p per call whereas the alternates vary but are all charged per minute. With waits on non emergency calls increasing, it may be better to pay the 101 fee. just saying.
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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767 Joined: Feb 28^th, 2015	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #17 - Nov 13^th, 2015 at 12:44am	Print Post
	Anyone with an unlimited allowance of calls to 01, 02 and 03 numbers on their landline or mobile will want to call the alternative number rather than pay to call 101. Anyone paying a 'per-minute' rate for calls to 01, 02 and 03 numbers will probably prefer to call 101 and pay 15p per call irrespective of how long the call is. Someone with a small inclusive allowance of calls to 01, 02 and 03 numbers on their mobile phone may not want to use up a large portion of that allowance (thereby effectively spending several pounds for the call) and may prefer to instead call 101 at 15p per call.


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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767 Joined: Feb 28^th, 2015	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #18 - May 10^th, 2019 at 11:54am	Print Post
	The information on the police website http://www.police.uk/contact/ no longer shows the list of alternative local numbers. It now shows 101 for all local police forces. Given that those who have a pay-as-you-go phone with inclusive calls to landline and mobile numbers cannot make calls to chargeable or premium rate numbers without making an additional top-up this effectively blocks some users from calling the police. This has put pressure on the Home Office to make calls to 101 free-to-caller: http://www.fairtelecoms.org.uk/uploads/1/1/4/5/11456053/we_support_calls_to_make... http://www.fairtelecoms.org.uk/uploads/1/1/4/5/11456053/101_background.pdf https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/04/30/government-accused-profiting-vic... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/05/09/victims-crime-may-no-longer-have... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2019/05/10/101-calls-should-free-everyone/


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kasg Senior Member Offline Posts: 320 Location: West Sussex Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2008 Gender:	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #19 - May 10^th, 2019 at 12:02pm	Print Post
	About time, it makes no sense for 111 and 105 to be free, but not 101.


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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767 Joined: Feb 28^th, 2015	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #20 - May 10^th, 2019 at 9:22pm	Print Post
	https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/05/10/six-million-people-escape-charge...


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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767 Joined: Feb 28^th, 2015	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #21 - May 14^th, 2019 at 9:34am	Print Post
	http://www.fairtelecoms.org.uk/uploads/1/1/4/5/11456053/101_alternatives.pdf http://www.fairtelecoms.org.uk/uploads/1/1/4/5/11456053/making_101_free-to-calle...
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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767 Joined: Feb 28^th, 2015	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #22 - May 14^th, 2019 at 9:38am	Print Post
	https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/05/13/half-public-back-free-101-calls-...


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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767 Joined: Feb 28^th, 2015	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #23 - May 15^th, 2019 at 9:00am	Print Post
	After being under fire from the Daily Telegraph for the last few weeks, the Home Office is also under pressure from MPs: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2019-04-11.244012.h https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2019-04-11.244013.h https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2019-05-01.249791.h https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2019-05-07.251216.h https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2019-05-07.251240.h https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2019-05-08.252110.h


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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767 Joined: Feb 28^th, 2015	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #24 - May 28^th, 2019 at 6:30am	Print Post
	It took less than a month, but the Home Office has capitulated and announced that charges for calls to the police 101 number will be scrapped for all from April 2020. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48423791 The Fair Telecoms Campaign was one of several organisations pressing for this change. http://www.fairtelecoms.org.uk/uploads/1/1/4/5/11456053/the_campaign_to_make_101...


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Ian01 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 767 Joined: Feb 28^th, 2015	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #25 - May 28^th, 2019 at 2:07pm	Print Post
	The latest Fair Telecoms Campaign news release ... http://www.fairtelecoms.org.uk/docs.html?101axe


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NGMsGhost Supreme Member Offline The Forum Ghost of NonGeographicalMan<b r /> Posts: 2,720 Location: Surrey, United Kingdom Joined: Oct 24^th, 2006 Gender:	Re: 101 Police Number Alternatives Reply #26 - Oct 29^th, 2020 at 7:30pm	Print Post
	101 calls to the Police finally became free of charge as of 1st April 2020. See the article at www.ukcorruptpolice.com/no-more-rip-off-101-calls-101-calls-free-from-1st-april-...

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