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Fewer emergency workers are keeping the people of Horsham safe than a decade ago, figures suggest.

While the country is still responding to the coronavirus pandemic, police, fire and ambulance staff unions are calling for more funding to protect frontline services.

Home Office and NHS Digital figures show the equivalent of 4,238 full-time emergency workers were employed by organisations covering Horsham this year – 14% fewer than in 2011.

Among them were the 2,354 frontline police officers in Sussex Police's ranks as of March 31, according to the Home Office data.

Fewer emergency workers keeping Horsham safe than 10 years ago