Some British police commissioners have threatened the government with legal action over further police funding cuts.

Seven police and crime commissioners wrote to the policing minister Mike Penning urging him to delay a decision on force budgets expected in the government’s spending review this month.

“The changes to the police funding formula would result in cuts that were unfair, unjustified and deeply flawed”, they said.

They also warned of safety concerns if frontline services are affected by further cuts.

“We believe this process should be halted immediately and the process redesigned to give forces and commissioners the information and time they need to make a proper and fair assessment of its consequences…It is with much regret that we are therefore taking legal advice with a view to initiating a judicial review, should our concerns not be addressed.” the letter said.

The Home Office has hit back at the threat.

The cuts come after the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne asked ministers in non-protected departments – such as the Home Office – to come up with reductions in their budgets of between 25% and 40% by 2019-20 before the Comprehensive Spending Review on 25 November, when the government’s plans for the next four years will be set out.

The expected cuts have sounded the alarms in some security sources in the UK saying they would have serious safety consequences for the society.

“The present government is suffering from lack of a clear understanding of modern economy,” London-based analyst, Rodney Shakespeare told Press TV’s UK Desk.

He said the austerity measures of the government are bound to fail and this would have catastrophic consequences in different sectors of the country.

Shakespeare referred to the growing dissatisfaction among police officers saying the police are suffering from lacking motivation to go ahead with their missions.