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The number of arrests made last year fell twice as fast as the crime rate, according to new statistics published today. The Home Office revealed that the number of arrests dropped 9%, compared to a 4% fall in the crime rate. Shadow Police Minister David Hanson claimed the figures show spending cuts are "damaging the pol...
The Government is to bring forward measures to regulate the use of undercover officers a minister has announced. Giving evidence to the Home Affairs Select Commit...
David Davis said that the Met police had “changed the evidence to suit themselves” in the Andrew Mitchell pleb-gate affair. “If your walking away and you’re angry...
A Home Office Minister has defended against suggestions that the Channel 4 Dispatches programme should take over the investigation in to the handling of the ‘pleb-ga...
A Communities and Local Government minister has stressed that there are no plans to privatise emergency fire services. Speaking at Communities and Local Governmen...
Hilary Benn said the fire service and other emergency services should not be privatised. "There should be a very clear response which says that privatisation cann...
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