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 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 »
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 »
