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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd and Neha Gohil

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

Craig Guildford
Craig Guildford, the West Midlands chief constable, blamed AI for one mistake made over the Maccabi Tel Aviv ban. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA

The police chief who used “exaggerated and untrue” intelligence to justify a ban on Israeli football fans was clinging on to his job on Wednesday, despite the home secretary demanding he resign.

Craig Guildford, who leads West Midlands police, is determined to stay in his post for now, the Guardian has learned, despite a war of words that culminated in Shabana Mahmood declaring she had lost confidence in him.

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