A day of action is to be held following the launch of a campaign to try and defeat plans to scrap Police Community Support Officers in Norfolk.

Proposals announced by the Norfolk force include axing all 150 PCSOs, closing seven stations and shutting front desks to the public as part of a move that would save £2m.

Pressure has been growing on the government to step in to try and get police chiefs in the county to reconsider the proposals.

Unison, the union which represents PCSOs, is set to hold a campaign day next month.

Chris Jenkinson, regional secretary, who announced the move on social media, tweeted: 'Hold the DATE Sat 2nd Dec - campaign day - to help defeat @NorfolkPCC @NorfolkPolice plans to scrap PCSOs. Details to follow.'

Mr Jenkinson, who described the proposals as a move towards 'the end of neighbourhood policing', said as part of the day of action supporters would be descending on north Norwich to deliver leaflets emphasising just what they would be losing if the proposals went ahead.

He said: 'Members of the public get reassurance by seeing a police presence whether that's a fully warranted officer or PCSO.

'I don't think they realise what they are going to lose and that's the message we're putting out.'

The event, the first of its kind to have been organised, will also be highlighting that behind each of the 150 PCSOs at risk was a story, a family, a mortgage.

The day of action comes after Unison's general secretary wrote to home secretary Amber Rudd in a bid to try and get her to step in to try and spare PCSOs from the axe.

Mr Jenkinson said: 'We see this very much as a symptom of the austerity programme.

'We don't think that the cuts would be being made unless the chief constable of Norfolk was now having to save and had saved very substantial amounts already and need to cut their budget.'

Last month former home secretary and Norwich South MP Charles Clarke urged police to 'reverse its decision'.

The 150 PCSOs at risk would be replaced with 81 new police officers and 16 non-officer roles and follows the biggest review in the force's history.

Chief constable Simon Bailey said it would be the biggest change to the force in decades and described it as one of his hardest days in the job.