Indeed, he claims that “no one would design modern policing this way”. In fairness, that may be correct. The current ...

Mr Clarke told Wales' police chiefs that if they did not agree by 24 February to merge into a single all-Wales force, he would press ahead with the changes anyway. The Home Office said that if three ...

The number of hate crimes recorded by police in England and Wales has fallen year-on-year for the first time since records began - as the Government wages war on 'woke' policing. A total of ...

Here is a list of the number of new police officers recruited in England and Wales as part of the Government’s pledge to hire 20,000 officers by March 2023, broken down by individual force.

The total headcount of police community support officers (PCSOs) in England and Wales stood at 7,735 on September 30 2024, down 150 from 7,885 on March 31 2024 and down 246 from 7,981 a year ...

Excluding transfers, 9,347 police officers left the 43 territorial forces in England and Wales in 2022/23 – again, the highest number in a financial year since comparable headcount data began in ...

The England and Wales CCTV commissioner, who carried out the survey of police forces, has told this programme the situation isn’t just “morally reprehensible, but a serious security risk”.

The Metropolitan Police was the only force in England and Wales to miss a recruitment target set out in a Conservative manifesto pledge. Out of 43 forces, the Met was the only one to fall short by ...

Of the 43 territorial forces in England and Wales, 16 recorded a fall in police officer headcount in the year to September 2024, 26 saw an increase, while one was unchanged.