Tag Archives: Police and Crime Commissioner

Full marks to the Police, none to Tax Payers Alliance


The Summer months are well known as a slow news period and whilst this has clearly not been the case on an International front this year, perhaps our newspapers are too inflexible to try to expand their  International news to take advantage … Continue reading

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A reckless approach to Policing


As I wrote yesterday the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has been recently snubbed by the Home Secretary, as their President, Sir Hugh Orde attempts to bring some form of clarity to the relationship between the 41 Chief Constables and the elected Police and Crime Commissioners. … Continue reading

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We need good links to the Home Office


In the eight months since the election of the 41 Police and Crime Commissioners across England and Wales, the relationship between Chief Constable and Police and Crime Commissioner has varied from the positive and warm to the down right hostile … Continue reading

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Is it time for political disarmament?


This weekend the Sunday Politics programme revealed several issues of note. As I wrote yesterday an interview with Angela Eagle disclosed that the Labour Party and by implication other parties still have expectations that there will be a major renaissance in party membership. It … Continue reading

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Bernard is as inept as Boris


On Friday nights Radio 4 Any Questions one of the questions related to the appalling failure of judgement by the Metropolitan Police in choosing to investigate the family and friends of Stephen Lawrence during the aftermath of Stephens murder. The panel on … Continue reading

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Can we focus on value as well as price?


According to a report prepared for the Parliamentary Home Affairs Committee last month which was the focus of an article in the Police Oracle, 17 out of the 41 new Police and Crime Commissioners are due to spend more than the previous Police Authorities did … Continue reading

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What next for Police and Crime Commissioners?


According to American Journalist Tom Brokaw “It’s easy to make a buck.  It’s a lot tougher to make a difference” The temptation for politicians to make a quick buck has been widely publicised, including on this blog. However just as some are … Continue reading

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The right sort of education


The latest government reforms to assist children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) are contained within the Children and Families Bill which is currently progressing through Parliament. According to an article in ‘Children and Young People Now’ Edward Timpson, the childrens Minister … Continue reading

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Lets run the flag up the right flagpole!


Minister for planning, Nick Boles has managed to make some more headlines, following on from his comments in late April when he suggested that planning rules would be relaxed as long as people design attractive homes. This of course upset all … Continue reading

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Whatever the future holds, the colour is not all Purple!


If there was no internet and the only journalism in the country was limited to the broadcast media and front pages of our newspapers, one might be inclined to believe that UKIP had arrived to become the third party in British Politics with … Continue reading

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