Labour announces policing overhaul but critics fear it will centralise power

Home secretary to regain authority to sack chief constables and set crime- fighting targets in England and Wales

Home Office to launch ‘British FBI’ to deal with serious crime UK-wide

National Police Service will investigate organised crime, terrorism, fraud and online child abuse

Poorly performing police forces to be named and shamed under new plans

Home Office to set targets for response times and victim satisfaction as home secretary takes powers to intervene directly

West Midlands chief constable may face investigation by police watchdog

Craig Guildford remains in post after damning report into decision to ban Israeli fans from football match, despite calls for his resignation

Police chief behind Maccabi Tel Aviv ban clings to job despite home secretary wanting him to quit

Shabana Mahmood has lost confidence in Craig Guildford over his force’s ‘exaggerated and untrue’ intelligence assessments

Man in Brazil wrongly charged with 62 crimes after police use flawed photo ID

Police relied on showing photo of Paulo Alberto da Silva Costa, wrongly jailed for years, to victims to identify him as an alleged perpetrator

Imposing first past the post on these roles was a mistake

The recent mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner elections took place under a First Past the Post (FPTP) system, where people are able to put just one “X” on their ballot – choosing on

Local elections: A third of the vote shouldn’t make a mayor

Big changes to Welsh Police and Crime Commissioner elections