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Corporate apologies for stop and search: a sorry idea
It would be better to allow officers the powers only when they have demonstrated clear and consistent competence
Claudia Tomlinson
Claudia has a background in the public, charity and community sector. She writes for Left Foot Forward on health, inequality, domestic politics, Africa, the USA and Canada as special areas of interest.
The Home Office needs to come clean about taser deaths
Greater Manchester police has referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) following the death of a young man after attending a call out.
How the Equality and Human Rights Commission forced the government’s hand on stop and search
The Conservative party has long expressed strong support for an increase in the use of stop and search powers by the police, irrespective of the impact on community cohesion, and inequalities.
Acora Ltd insults women with shockingly sexist advert, then botches apology
Acora IT Outsourcing Ltd has caused shock and dismay with the publication of an advertisement that is extremely offensive and insulting.
Mid-Staffordshire: Why the police investigation must not target powerless NHS workers
Labour was in government during the period in which the Mid–Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust presided over the abuse and neglect of thousands of patients, leading to many deaths.
EU benefits are ‘land grab’ by Brussels, says Duncan Smith
The EU Commissioner for employment and social affairs, Laszlo Andor, is taking the British government to court over what it says are discriminatory practices in its application of regulations on welfare payments.