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

West Midlands police commissioner criticises MPs for bias against chief constable

Craig Guildford
Guildford has defended the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a game in Birmingham last year. Photograph: House of Commons/PA

The man who will decide if the West Midlands chief constable, Craig Guildford, deserves to lose his job over the banning of Israeli fans from a football match has attacked MPs for being biased against him.

Simon Foster, the West Midlands police and crime commissioner, criticised MPs on the home affairs committee for allegedly briefing journalists that Guildford should be ousted, despite the fact their inquiry into the controversy continues.

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