Cooper: Police cuts worse than thought as Tories miscounted ‘thousands’ of roles

Police morale was low before turmoil at the top and risk of job cuts

'The force is quite volatile at the moment. It’s hard to keep your finger on the pulse when there is so much going on'

Cooper: Police cuts worse than thought as Tories miscounted ‘thousands’ of roles

The Government’s new Crime and Policing Bill will see the recruitment of 13,000 extra neighbourhood policing roles.

Yvette Cooper targets ‘disgraceful escalation’ of assault on retail workers – RetailWit

The government’s Crime and Policing Bill entered its second reading debate in the House of Commons yesterday (10 March). During the session, Jo White, MP for Bassetlaw remarked: “I welcome the introduction of a new offence of assaulting a shop worker. I have been in shops… This story continues at Yvette Cooper targets ‘disgraceful escalation’ of assault on retail workers Or just read more coverage at Talking Retail

Yvette Cooper targets ‘disgraceful escalation’ of assault on retail workers

The government’s Crime and Policing Bill entered its second reading debate in the House of Commons yesterday (10 March). During the session, Jo White, MP for Bassetlaw remarked: “I welcome the introduction of a new offence of assaulting a shop worker. I have been in shops… This story continues at Yvette Cooper targets ‘disgraceful escalation’ of assault on retail workers Or just read more coverage at Talking Retail

Police cuts worse than thought as Tories miscounted ‘thousands’ of roles - Home Secretary

Police and Ambulance. Image: Cowshed Potentially “thousands” of policing roles were miscounted by the last government, meaning cuts to officer numbers were “even worse” than expected, the Home Secretary has said. Yvette Cooper told MPs the Conservative government had cut the number of neighbourhood policing officers “probably by more than 10,000”, but that the method of measuring was “so ropey and so all over the place we can’t even be certain w…