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Police dealt with more than 3,000 protests in three months over the summer

Police across the UK dealt with more than 3,000 protests over three months this summer, amid what a senior officer called “a climate of increasing tension and polarity”. Figures from the National Police Chiefs’ Council showed that there were 3,081 ...

03 Sept 2025 at 00:12

Met Police chief says policing football matches across country costs £70m

Football clubs should contribute more to the £70 million cost of policing their matches, the head of the Metropolitan Police said. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley called for a “polluter pays approach” and questioned why organisers of events which ...

06 Jul 2025 at 14:28

Met chief calls for ‘mega’ forces in push for police reform

Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has called for the creation of 12-15 mega forces as part of what he described as “the first serious reform of our policing model in over 60 years”. Writing in The Sunday Times, Sir Mark said ...

06 Jul 2025 at 06:19

Reform will be ‘toughest’ party on crime ever, Farage to say

Nigel Farage is set to announce a series of tough-on-crime measures on Monday as he seeks to set out more of Reform UK’s policies, it has been reported. The Reform leader is expected to use a speech in London to vow to cut crime in half, ...

20 Jul 2025 at 22:41

Reform recruits former senior detective as police and crime adviser

A top ex-detective who spearheaded a series of high profile murder investigations will join Reform UK as its adviser on police and crime. Colin Sutton, who led the investigation into serial killer Levi Bellfield, is to help Nigel ...

28 Jul 2025 at 10:05

Police and crime commissioners to be scrapped

Police and crime commissioners in England and Wales will be scrapped by the Government, it has been announced. The elected officials were first introduced in 2012 and their responsibilities include setting budgets for their ...

13 Nov 2025 at 14:52

Policing in England and Wales a ‘postcode lottery’, Home Secretary says

Policing in England and Wales is “a postcode lottery” and the 43-force structure is “irrational”, the Home Secretary has said. Shabana Mahmood told a major policing conference in Westminster that critical functions like ...

19 Nov 2025 at 15:51

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