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Tory relations with Acpo seem shaky
Tories’ Acpo acrimony revealed

By politics.co.uk staff Senior police chiefs have denied claims by the Conservatives that they have leaned towards the government’s policies. A Tory briefing document said the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) has given “political cover” to Labour initiatives while having “publicly and privately lobbied against a number of key Conservative issues”, the Times newspaper… Read more »

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Controversy hits police discrimination panel
Police discrimination panellist outraged

By politics.co.uk staff A member of a panel investigating the root causes of discrimination in the Metropolitan police has quit his post after claiming City Hall’s intervention had damaged its credibility. Kit Malthouse, who is London mayor Boris Johnson’s senior policing aide and chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority, has handed the MPA the power… Read more »