Organizers: Cuts won't harm London Games security

LONDON - London 2012 Olympic chiefs said on Tuesday they were confident a safe Games could be delivered despite the prospect of a 20 percent cut in the security budget.

Policing Minister Nick Herbert said he expected the Olympic security budget to fall from a previous commitment of 600 million pounds ($952.2 million) to an estimated 475 million pounds through savings, "without creating additional risk".

The coalition government has made cuts across most departments to tackle a record peacetime budget deficit approaching 11 percent of national output.