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Rupert Matthews: What will replace Police and Crime Commissioners?
6+ hour, 50+ min ago (474+ words) Rupert Matthews is the Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicestershire and Rutland. I've found a similar story when knocking on doors in Norfolk and Essex. Very few say they will vote Labour on May 7th. Of course, there may be some…...
Oscar Gill-Lewis: Don't privatise, or centralise " reform the Police
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (440+ words) Oscar Gill-Lewis is a political commentator with Young Voices and Correspondent Program Manager at Speak Freely Magazine. He writes for Speak Freely and on'Substack, and his articles have appeared in Conservative Home, The Daily Express, and Comment Central. Shabana Mahmood…...
Scarlett Maguire: Trump is now underwater on immigration. What can UK politicians learn from this?
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (377+ words) Scarlett Maguire is a pollster, and founder of Merlin Strategy. Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election promising improvements to ordinary American's cost of living and tough action on the border. Even with public opinion split aggressively on partisan lines, there…...
Katie Lam: If the Metropolitan Police teaches us anything, it's that bigger forces are not always better
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1087+ words) While the state has a role to play in setting standards, and ensuring accountability for senior leadership, this must not be allowed to morph into an all-consuming drive for uniformity. The post Katie Lam: If the Metropolitan Police teaches us…...
Lachlan Bruce: Labour's police shake-up repeats Scotland's mistakes
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (762+ words) Lachlan Bruce is a Conservative councillor and a policy and public affairs manager at a British health charity. The Home Secretary's plan to "radically reduce" the number of police forces in England and Wales is being presented as bold and…...
Adrian Lee: The transformation of Britain's population " and the British Nationality Act, 1948
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1546+ words) Mass immigration from the British Empire was created by the passage of the British Nationality Act of 1948. The post Adrian Lee: The transformation of Britain's population " and the British Nationality Act, 1948 appeared first on Conservative Home. When one thinks of…...
Peter Zinkin: Temporary accommodation costs are out of control
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (861+ words) The full financial consequences of asylum decisions should be met nationally, not downloaded onto a small number of London boroughs. The post Peter Zinkin: Temporary accommodation costs are out of control appeared first on Conservative Home. Cllr Peter Zinkin is…...
Will Prescott: How to reform the UK's modern slavery system
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (225+ words) In recent years, successive Home Secretaries have complained that failed asylum seekers are weaponising the UK's modern slavery system as a last-ditch effort to stave off removal. However, as Bright Blue's new report points out, while the UK's modern slavery…...
Sharjeel Ashraf: We shouldn't allow for immigration double standards
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (195+ words) Sharjeel Ashraf is a political analyst and a freelance journalist. Immigration is the hot topic of the day " with it dominating our newspapers, radio shows and television. However, whatever your views are of immigration, it is ultimately a matter for…...
Andrew Gilligan: The Falklands should be looked at again as an asylum processing centre
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (351+ words) Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, has had a great ten days. To invert Dora Gaitskell's acid comment on a crowd-pleasing speech by her husband Hugh, the then Labour leader, all the right people are furious. The Church of England, the…...