Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary’s inspection of the use of stop and search nationally has produced ten recommendations for the service

The Home Secretary announced today (Wednesday July 3) that she will ban khat by making it a Class C drug.

It is an important tool to tackle knife, gun and gang crimes and terrorism but should always be used in a proportionate way.

Issues raised in today's report by the Home Affairs Select Committee are already being addressed by the leadership of the police

Police, prosecutors and the court service have worked with the Ministry of justice to draw up a new strategy to build a digital, efficient criminal justice system that delivers for victims

National policing lead for roads policing, Chief Constable Suzette Davenport, said:

National policing lead for undercover policing Commander Richard Martin said:

If we had to achieve the savings directly by cutting posts then we estimate the size of the police service would reduce by an extra 9,000 people beyond the reductions already predicted.

It has long been recognised that police cells are not the most appropriate place for people suffering mental ill health

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has published national recommendations following an investigation into firearms licensing issues at Durham Constabulary

It is important to recognise that while there have been some well publicised disagreements between Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, the evidence to date is that most relationships are constructive and professional

Today marks the formal launch of the National Child Sexual Abuse Review Panel as agreed by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)