Susan Hall has pledged to put 1,500 new police officers and two police bases in every London borough. Conservative Mayoral candidate Ms Hall today launched her ambitious plan for policing, boosting the number of bobbies on the beat, reopening closed stations, and
Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper have been accused of using “dodgy numbers” in their plans to hire 13,000 extra police officers. Policing leaders branded Labour’s neighbourhood policing plan “unachievable”, “wishful thinking” and “centrally driven cuts”. They called for the Labour leader and
Chris Philp spoke as it was revealed police recorded almost 50,000 offences last year. Knife-point robberies soared by 19% to 20,000. And the number of yobs being caught with a blade rose by 4% to 27,846 in the year to September, figures
Science and Tech Secretary Michelle Donelan has defended the UK’s current laws around extremism, despite reports the Government is considering a further crackdown. The defence comes amid continuing concerns that the Met is allowing radical protestors to get away with extremist chants
The widow of a prominent Pakistani journalist who was killed a year ago in Kenya filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against an elite Kenyan police unit she accuses of the wrongful death of her husband. Javeria Siddique said she filed the lawsuit
The Biden administration on Friday pledged $100 million in support for a prospective, Kenyan-led multinational force that would be deployed to Haiti. The international community’s plans to assemble such a security unit stem from the Caribbean nation’s struggles with rampant gang violence
Between 2014 and 2021, the UK handed France over £170million to curb illegal migration across the Channel. Over the past financial year, this commitment was beefed up to £67million as the crisis worsened. Despite this, over 100,000 people have now made the
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A) issued an apology to two running clubs after they called out Newton Police for racist policing at a cheer zone at Monday’s Boston Marathon. An incident went viral in the hours following the marathon when YouTube and
Less than four in 10 Brits have confidence in policing in the UK, a damning new poll suggests. The survey by Techne for the Express found just 38 percent of respondents said they had confidence in policing in Britain, compared to 44
Reform UK leader Richard Tice has hit out at the Conservatives after new data revealed four in ten repeat knife offenders avoid jail time, despite knife crime deaths hitting a 76-year high. The seasoned Brexit campaigner told Express.co.uk that the “Tories are