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Mahmood to scrap ‘failed experiment’ of police and crime commissioners

The elected officials are in charge of setting police budgets and appointing the chief constable for their area

The Independent UK

Police and crime commissioners to be scrapped

Ministers plan to abolish the role in 2028.

Evening Standard

Appointment of chief constables is a fair and open process

Letter: Matthew Scott, a police and crime commissioner, says any decision must be either agreed with, or vetoed by, the local police and crime panel

The Guardian - UK

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‘Criminals will go unpunished’ after victim services cuts, Reeves warned

Victims commissioner tells chancellor cutbacks and national insurance hike creating ‘existential crisis’ for abuse charities

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman criticised over ‘pro-Palestinian mob’ comments in report she ordered herself

The report came after Ms Braverman called on the watchdog to inspect police involvement

The Independent UK

Home Secretary 'receptive' to calls to make cannabis Class A drug

Upgrading cannabis from Class B to Class A would increase the maximum penalty from 14 years in jail to a life sentence for supply and production

Wales Online

Police commissioner advertising for deputy to support her work

Emily Spurrell is looking to appoint a Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner

Liverpool Echo

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Calls for cannabis to be made Class A 'completely crazy', say experts

Experts said the proposal 'flies in the face of all evidence and reason'

Wales Online

Anybody can contest to post of AICC chief: Jairam Ramesh

‘Resolutions by PCCs have no binding effect’

The Hindu

Congress to put out electoral rolls

Congress poll panel chief replies to Lok Sabha members who questioned the election process

The Hindu

Congress president to be elected via fair process, says party election authority chief Madhusudan Mistry

G-23 leaders Anand Sharma, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Prithviraj Chavan discuss polls, call on Ghulam Nabi Azad

The Hindu

How US dollars put anti-abortion groups at the heart of Romanian healthcare

Buoyed by dollars and evangelical zeal, a growing number of ‘pregnancy crisis centres’ threaten to return the country to the deadly days of Ceaușescu’s ban

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