Greater manchester police PECP

Hello. I am currently going through the PECP route to join GMP as police officer. I applied in November/December. I completed and passed my medical 3 weeks ago and a week or so later, I received an email from GMP saying the following,
'We have now met our Intakes for 2024/2025 and we are now working on the next Intakes for 2025/2026.
We want to reassure you that we are still processing your application, and we will be in touch again when you application has been aligned to a potential intake. These will commence from July 2025 onwards and throughout the financial year'.
Has anyone gone though this process before or does anyone have an idea how likely my start date will be sometime between, July and December and not sometime in 2026?

hey, just posted this into another similar thread, so thought I'd share here to so you at least feel like others feel the same way.
'Unfortunately, it's a rather poor reflection on GMP to have such a drawn-out recruitment process with no clear start date, even after successfully completing all the stages.
I really hope they reform the recruitment system in future. As it currently stands, you apply for the role, go through a disjointed, six-month, multi-layered process with minimal communication, and then—as you mentioned—you’re placed in a vague “no guarantees” bracket that spans an entire year. They merely anticipate you may begin at some point within that period.
That’s potentially an 18-month wait for a job. I imagine many people must drop out simply because they can’t afford to wait so long without any certainty.
It seems GMP operates under the assumption that all applicants are already employed, and therefore they’re not causing any real hardship by making people wait indefinitely. This totally disregards students and unemployed candidates—many of whom will be eager (or desperate) to begin, or at least to know when they'll start.
They also recently sent out an email trying to entice applicants over to the DCEP route, which suggests they’ve over-recruited for the PCEP scheme or expected a higher dropout rate. But in the current climate—where jobs are scarce—it’s likely those expected dropouts haven't happened. They certainly shouldn’t be opening the PCEP route again while the current waiting list remains so long.
There are some glaringly obvious reforms they could implement:
I completely agree with you. I’ve been absolutely desperate to start, and it’s been incredibly deflating and draining to be left in limbo for such a long time. It doesn’t reflect well on GMP, and I genuinely hope the system is improved. It’s neither financially nor operationally efficient to run continual recruitment without timely intakes to match.