w/c 8 August 2011

Coverage week commencing Monday 8th August 2011

Tottenham riots: the warnings to police that went unheeded
guardian.co.uk (Web), 07/08/2011, Vikram Dodd
Metropolitan police face claims they were underprepared for disturbances despite warnings there could be trouble…
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Met dealt 'quadruple whammy'
Financial Times (Web), 08/08/2011, Unattributed
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Pressure to scrap police cuts as Birmingham mourns its dead
The Guardian, 11/08/2011, p.1, Patrick Wintour; Martin Wainwright; Riazat Butt; S
David Cameron was facing growing cabinet pressure last night to rethink the coalition policing cuts…

Johnson sparks debate over reduction in police numbers
The Guardian, 11/08/2011, p.8, Nicholas Watt ; Patrick Wintour ; Vikram Dodd
Boris Johnson sparked debate about the government’s plans to impose 20% cuts…

May stops police leave but won't meet officers
Metro, 11/08/2011, p.8, Hayden Smith
Theresa May last night cancelled all police leave across England…

Riots: Boris Johnson calls for police budget cuts to be scrapped
Mirror.co.uk (Web), 11/08/2011, Tom Mctague Daily Mirror
Boris Johnson

Police numbers cuts 'a mistake'
BBC (Web), 10/08/2011, Unattributed
Cutting police officer numbers in light of recent riots would be a mistake, the chairman of the Lancashire Police Federation has said…
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Boris Johnson sparks debate over reduction in police numbers
guardian.co.uk (Web), 10/08/2011, Unattributed
London's Conservative mayor, Boris Johnson, sparked a debate on Wednesday about the government's plans to impose 20% cuts on the police when he declared the case for such a move was "pretty frail"…
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England riots: pressure to scrap police cuts as Birmingham mourns its dead
guardian.co.uk (Web), 10/08/2011, Unattributed
David Cameron is facing growing cabinet pressure to rethink the coalition's policing cuts in the wake of the deaths of three young Birmingham men, who were hit by a car during violent disturbances in the city…
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August riots show folly of cutting police resources - claim
West Cumberland Times and Star (Web), 11/08/2011, Unattributed
The chairman of Cumbria’s main police union says spending cuts have “compromised the ability” of police nationally to deal with riots…
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Boris Johnson sparks debate over reduction in police numbers
UTV Internet (Web), 11/08/2011, Unattributed
Ministerial sources admit policy needs rethink as mayor says case for 20% cuts 'pretty frail' after riots…
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'Outrageous cuts'
News and Star (Web), 11/08/2011, Nick Griffiths Crime Reporter
The chairman of Cumbria’s main police union says spending cuts have “compromised the ability” of police nationally to deal with the riots…
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Tories on riot policing: too few, too slow, too timid - The Guardian
New Straits Times (Web), 11/08/2011, Unattributed
David Cameron is on a collision course with the police after the government used an emergency Commons debate on the English riots to issue a point-by-point dissection of the police's "insufficient" tactics during the week…
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David Cameron Forced to Rethink Police Cuts After Rioting
ThirdAge (Web), 11/08/2011, Cbronson
British Prime Minister David Cameron is facing renewed pressure to reverse government-planned cuts to the country’s police force in the wake of the U.K. riots, the Guardian reports…
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Riots: David Cameron will still cut 16,000 frontline police
Mirror.co.uk (Web), 12/08/2011, Jason Beattie Daily Mirror
DAVID Cameron sparked fury yesterday by revealing he will press ahead with his police cuts despite the heroics of officers during the riots…
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