Policing
BASC’s fighting fund, set up to fight the corner of members who have been victims of injustice, has successfully helped a member win costs against the police. The BASC member was awarded costs of £4,000 after a successful appeal against revocation of his certificate. BASC put Cheshire Constabulary on notice last year that costs would… Read more »
The Health and Social Care Committee’s report on assisted dying has been published today. Humanists UK has welcomed the evidence-based nature of the report, but expressed disappointment that the committee missed the opportunity to draw firm conclusions or recommend specific changes to the law. Although the report does not make any recommendations for or against legislative… Read more »
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By Ian Dunt Theresa May has not pulled her punches over police cuts while giving a keynote speech to superintendents in Chester. Speaking at the Police Superintendents Association of England and Wales conference, the home secretary refused to deliver her audience the message they wanted to hear. Ms May said it was “ridiculous” to suggest… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff A third post-mortem of Ian Tomlinson, the man who died after being pushed to the ground at G20 protests last year, has been withheld from the coroner. The Crown Prosecution Service and Independent Police Complaints Commission are also understood not to have seen the examination, conducted by a forensic pathologist. The post-mortem… Read more »
