Paris has shown us the importance of protecting police funding in London
London has 1,000 fewer trained firearms officers than in 2009
Good Society
Will tomorrow mark the end of housing associations?
Selling off housing associations would rid George Osborne of £60bn worth of debt
Comment: We can’t let our constitution be rewritten behind closed doors
How can devolution deals be expected to function if the public don’t back them?
Boko Haram is responsible for more deaths than ISIS
2014 saw the largest ever year-on-year increase in deaths from terrorism
Scottish Tories just two points behind Labour
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has a satisfaction rating of just 4 per cent
Public mood on refugees hardens in wake of Paris attacks
Poll shows 49 per cent of adults believe the UK should take in either fewer or no refugees from Syria, up from 27 per cent last month
UK foodbank use is still at record levels
The Trussell Trust estimates that between April and September, approximately 298,000 people visited foodbanks
Study finds Work Capability Assessments have contributed to 600 additional suicides
Research suggests the areas of England with the greatest use of assessments have also seen the sharpest rise in reported suicides
Comment: Local government must stand up for itself before it’s too late
Local councillors, harangued or forgotten as they so often are, are in many cases the finest public servants we have
Devolution must not be a smokescreen for cuts
Compared to other global cities London has very little control over fiscal matters