Join the dots?

(1) The Government announces a pay rise for the police. (2) The Police Commissoner for West Mercia says that "the funding [for this] has to come from somewhere and there is a risk that [it] could potentially lead to reductions in officer and staff numbers".  Actions have consequences, or as my Gran used to say, and you must be getting pretty tired of me telling you, you can't have the penny and the bun.