Avon and Somerset Police and North Somerset Council could both spend out to provide staff with tablet computers.

The force - which needs to make forty million pounds in cuts - is proposing spending one-point-six million pounds on three hundred special Toughbooks - saying it will help officers and victims of crime.

Meanwhile, Council Children's Services head Jeremy Blatchford wants all councillors given an iPad - which he says would save money on printing in the long-term.

The authority says no plans have been made but it isn't ruling it out.