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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 Farage’s party ...

28 Jul 2025 at 10:05

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,...

03 Sept 2025 at 00:12

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 police forces and ...

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 the air service and ...

19 Nov 2025 at 15:51

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 ...

06 Jul 2025 at 14:28

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

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 ...

06 Jul 2025 at 06:19

Mahmood set to slash number of forces in major police overhaul

The number of police forces in England and Wales is set to be cut drastically under major reforms expected to be announced by the Home Secretary next week. Shabana Mahmood is poised to unveil the largest overhaul of policing in ...

22 Jan 2026 at 20:16

‘British FBI’ to take over counter-terror and fraud probes under police reforms

Counter-terror, fraud and criminal gang investigations are set to be taken over by a new national police force dubbed the “British FBI” under major policing reforms. The National Police Service (NPS) will be created to crack ...

24 Jan 2026 at 23:06

Cuts to number of police forces ‘risks separating police from communities’

Major policing reforms expected to drastically cut the number of forces across England and Wales would be “complex to deliver” and risk separating police forces from communities they serve, a policing body has warned. Home ...

23 Jan 2026 at 16:55

Number of police officers falls by more than 1,000 in a year, figures show

The number of police officers in England and Wales has dropped by more than 1,300 in 12 months and is now 2,000 below the peak reached in 2024, new figures show. A total of 145,550 full-time equivalent (FTE) police ...

28 Jan 2026 at 14:46

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