Category Archives: Police & Crime Commissioner

Blue lights are not the whole picture

Posted on February 28, 2018 by ianchisnall

On Monday in the House of Commons, Patrick McLoughlin MP asked a question during the session with the Home Secretary. His question was: “What progress is being made in bringing together the work of the police service and the fire … Continue reading →

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A disturbing post on facebook

Posted on February 9, 2018 by ianchisnall

The image shown here of a police officer appearing to support a political comment is deeply worrying, bearing in mind that Police Officers are not allowed to get involved in party political matters. There is no indication that the photo … Continue reading →

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A full roll call please Amber

Posted on February 8, 2018 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday the new Minister for Women and Equalities opened and ended a one hour debate on the Centenary of Womans Suffrage. The last question she was asked came from the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, Jess Phillips who wanted … Continue reading →

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Which crimes matter the most?

Posted on December 22, 2017 by ianchisnall

If Police Officers were tasked with the job of dealing with crimes that matter the most to people in our communities, we would end up with some very distorted results. In the days when I was working in the voluntary … Continue reading →

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Words that are hollow and lack integrity

Posted on December 21, 2017 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday there was a debate in the House of Commons on the subject of Police Funding. One of the comments that came from the Government in the shape of Nick Hurd, the Minister responsible for Policing and Fire and … Continue reading →

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The multiple failures by the Home Office

Posted on November 28, 2017 by ianchisnall

Whenever the Government is challenged over its cuts to police budgets it regularly points at reduced levels of crime in our communities. It is certainly true that some levels of crime have fallen, however crime has not gone away as … Continue reading →

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Those who pay the piper….

Posted on November 24, 2017 by ianchisnall

This set of figures represent the amount of party funding received around the General Election, but it does not include the donations that fall below the £7,500 threshold. The many smaller sums are likely to have benefited Labour over the … Continue reading →

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G4S must be barred and Oakhill closed!

Posted on November 22, 2017 by ianchisnall

The tweet shown here from Frances Crook draws to attention the fact that it appears that despite their statements earlier in the year, G4S remains ‘in control’ of a number of ‘Secure Training Centres’ including the Milton Keynes based Oakhill … Continue reading →

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A changed attitude towards local taxes

Posted on November 21, 2017 by ianchisnall

There was a time when the Conservative led Government under the watchful eye of Eric Pickles promised us all that local taxation would be frozen and they criticised all the local authorities that sought to increase taxes and they penalised … Continue reading →

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A lack of necessary data?

Posted on October 31, 2017 by ianchisnall

A few days ago in Parliament Chris Ruane MP asked a question which elicited an interesting response from the Minister for Schools, Nick Gibb. The question was “To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been taught music … Continue reading →

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