BREAKING @ukhomeoffice @pritipatel & @BorisJohnson have been rebuked by UK Statistics Authority chair Sir David Norgrove for misleading use of crime figures after claiming offences had fallen when in fact they increased.
Danny Shaw
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Danny Shaw
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Commentator on policing, criminal justice, prisons, security & immigration. Ex-BBC home affairs correspondent; former adviser to Yvette Cooper. My own views!
Joined October 2010
- UPDATE: West Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner Mark Burns-Williamson (Labour) tells me Boris Johnson has "abused" the police force's position & says the officers should not have been used in this way, for a "political speech about Brexit".Who agreed that Boris Johnson should make a speech with West Yorkshire police officers standing behind him?
- BREAKING: A formal complaint about Priti Patel's conduct was made when she was Employment Minister at Department for Work and Pensions,@BBCNews has been told. Complaint is believed to have been made by a member of her private office...
- NEW. The statistic the last Government didn’t want you to know before the election: 10,083 That’s the number of prisoners released early between Oct 2023 & June 2024 under the emergency scheme because the Conservatives had failed to provide enough prison places.
- BREAKING: The reduction in police officer numbers in England and Wales is "likely" to have been a "contributory factor" in the rise in cases of murder and manslaughter since 2014, a Home Office study has found....
- BREAKING Attorney General, Geoffrey Cox QC has concluded that it is in the public interest to bring contempt of court proceedings against Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (AKA Tommy Robinson).
- BREAKING: Premier League football clubs are to be paired with prisons as part of a groundbreaking scheme to reduce reoffending. Clubs will offer offenders courses in coaching and refereeing to give them skills to help them get jobs when they’re let out.
- Latest on Priti Patel bullying claim from her time at Department for Work & Pensions: @BBCNews has seen legal letters alleging a female member of her private office took an overdose on the day she was told Ms Patel wanted to remove her from her role...
- Steve White, Durham police/crime commissioner,tells @BBCNews about Dominic Cummings incident: “Given the whole ethos of the guidance and regulations was designed to reduce the spread , regardless of reason, by travelling to County Durham when known to be infected was most unwise”
- Apparently @BorisJohnson has been challenged about his remarks about money being "spaffed up the wall" on child abuse investigations ("malarky", he called it). He said it's not what he said. Well, here's a reminder that he did say it:Boris Johnson says spending police budgets investigating historic child abuse is "spaffing money up the wall".
00:00 - This exchange between @MattHancock & @piersmorgan shows why faith in politicians is so low. Imagine if Hancock had said “On reflection, yes, I regret it, it was a mistake”. How refreshing that would be. But he can’t bring himself to do it.Replying to @GMB'Do you regret voting against extending free school meals?' @piersmorgan challenges Health Secretary @MattHancock on whether he regrets voting against extending free school meals. He says he is 'really glad the situation has been resolved.' Watch GMB 👉 bit.ly/3fVaMUx
00:00 - This is the “end of operational independence in policing” - says Neil Basu, ex-Met Assistant Commissioner, about the pressure the Govt is exerting on @metpoliceuk to ban Saturday’s march. Basu says Govt is “on the verge” of behaving unconstitutionally. Interviewed on @LBC
- London's Mayor Sadiq Khan confirms he's selling the 3 water cannon bought by Boris Johnson. Proceeds will go to youth services, he says.
- In 2019 a prisoner escaped from Wandsworth by clinging to underside of security van - just like Daniel Khalife. An upgrade to CCTV & perimeter security was then ordered.. ..but work didn’t start till 2021 & won’t be completed to 2025. Story from @janemerrick23 @theipaper
