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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

What is Shabana Mahmood proposing in ‘biggest ever’ policing reforms?

The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood
The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, is likely to face resistance to her plans to merge smaller police forces. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA

After a stream of policy announcements over several months, Shabana Mahmood has unveiled a white paper outlining changes that will affect every police force across England and Wales – and could well abolish most of them.

The home secretary’s department has described it as the biggest overhaul of policing since the service was founded two centuries ago.

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