Crime Levels
Two Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) in the north of England have committed to working with BASC to improve firearms licensing in their areas. Martin Parker, BASC’s head of firearms, travelled to meet Jonathan Evison, the re-elected PCC for Humberside, and Dan Price, the new PCC for Cheshire. At both meetings, firearms licensing was discussed… Read more »
The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has today called for the new government to focus on the unsustainable cost of clinical negligence claims and to prioritise proposals for legal reform following the publication of NHS Resolution’s (NHSR) Annual report for 2023/24. The report found that in 2023/24 NHS Resolution, the body responsible for clinical negligence claims against GPs… Read more »
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An inquiry has been ordered by justice secretary Jack Straw after reports suggested Scotland Yard bugged a Muslim Labour MP who was visiting a constituent in prison. According to the Sunday Times newspaper, Sadiq Khan, MP for Tooting in south London, was recorded on two occasions while seeing Babar Ahmad, in Milton Keynes’ Woodhill prison…. Read more »
Stop and search powers should not be extended without the support of the communities likely to be extended, the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) said today. With the government poised to extend powers to stop and search suspects under the guise of cutting police paperwork, the MPA warned stop and search powers must be used with… Read more »
