Cuts media coverage

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Coverage week commencing 26th September 2011

 

May won't take our calls now, police complain
The Independent (Web), 30/09/2011, Oliver Wright
The relationship between Theresa May, the Home Secretary, and the leaders of rank-and-file police officers has deteriorated to such an extent that neither side has spoken to the other for six months, The Independent has learned...

 

Conference season sharpens political divide
Financial Times, 30/09/2011, p.3, George Parker ; Jim Pickard
Miliband ended his party conference in Liverpool on Thursday to the strains of the…

 

West Midlands Police cuts discussed
BBC (Web), 30/09/2011, Unattributed
The plans represent the biggest change to policing in the history of the West Midlands police force.

 

Work with the police, don't undermine them
Public Service (Web), 30/09/2011, Unattributed
The coalition should be backing not sacking the police, the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper told the Labour party conference, adding that Labour is now the law and order party…

 

Muddled reforms show that Cameron has lost his way on crime
Financial Times, 29/09/2011, p.15, Paul Mckeever
No one in the policing world thought 2011 would be an easy year. But after a media scandal forcing the appointment of a new head of the Metropolitan Police, turmoil following a week of riots and the prospect of a repeat of 2007’s terms and conditions battle, the need for strong leadership on crime is clearer than ever…

 

No time for political games warns Police Federation
PoliceProfessional.com (Web), 29/09/2011, Unattributed
The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) has welcomed Labour’s calls for an independent review of policing across England and Wales but warned that this is “no time to be playing political games”…

 

Yvette steals a march on Tory reputation as party of law and order
The Times, 29/09/2011, p.7, Ann Treneman
Yvette Cooper launches a smash-and-grab raid on the Government’s reputation as the party of law and order…

 

Minister attacks Labour's police review plan
Financial Times (Web), 28/09/2011, Unattributed
Nick Herbert has criticised the opposition’s decision to fund an inquiry led by Lord Stevens, a former Metropolitan Police commissioner…

 

Lord Stevens to chair review of policing
guardian.co.uk (Web), 28/09/2011, Alan Travis Sandra Laville
Lord Stevens, the former Metropolitan police commissioner, is to chair Labour's "independent review" into the future of policing, the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, is to announce…

 

Fed Chair: Police Remuneration Concerns 'Justified'
Police Oracle (Web), 26/09/2011, Unattributed
The Chairman of the Police Federation has admitted surprise at the strong reaction of the pay and conditions Reviewer Tom Winsor to a Home Affairs Select Committee report…

 

Discomfort in the ranks
New Statesman (Web), 25/09/2011, Ian Blair
From benign neglect to outright hostility, the party of law and order has fallen out of love with the police…

 

Policing is too important for politicians to play with
New Statesman (Web), 25/09/2011, Paul Mckeever
With the Labour party conference fast approaching, there is the inevitable flurry of backroom activity that comes hand in hand with such events…