5 h. ago Shabana Mahmood announces police AI revolution and British FBI in huge shake

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the use of facial recognition will be ramped up and police forces will be axed in the biggest policing shake-up in 200 years

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5 h. ago SHABANA MAHMOOD: My dad resorted to getting cricket bat to deter thugs

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has unveiled the biggest shake-up in policing in 200 years - and says it will go a long way to cutting crime in neighbourhoods in England and Wales

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7 h. ago Facial recognition to be rolled out nationwide in major police reforms

The home secretary has unveiled sweeping reforms billed as the biggest policing overhaul in 200 years

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8 h. ago Massive changes for police forces in Wales and England announced

It represents the most significant changes to policing in the UK for nearly 200 years

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8 h. ago What are the major police reforms proposed by Shabana Mahmood and how will they affect Britons?

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said that "crime is changing" but "policing hasn’t kept pace"

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10 h. ago Archetypal British bobby Dixon of Dock Green to be 'reincarnated' as real

Senior officers insisted the archetypal British bobby - who featured in the BBC drama from the Fifties to the Seventies - will be reborn as part of major reforms unveiled by Shabana Mahmood.

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10 h. ago Live facial recognition nationwide rollout amid major policing reforms

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood set out how the policing structures are outdated and called policing the ‘last great unreformed public service’.

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11 h. ago 'Shabana Mahmood is carrying Labour's hopes, being bold is her only option'

Shabana Mahmood has unveiled what has been branded the biggest shakeup in British policing in 200 years - with a UK FBI, a rollout of AI and the creation of new 'mega-forces' among the changes

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11 h. ago Head of chief constables body backs plans to slash their number

Gavin Stephens said there are too many decision makers in the current structure of police forces in England and Wales.

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11 h. ago AI and facial recognition to be rolled out as Britain’s ‘broken’ policing system faces sweeping reforms

Officials say using AI will free up six million hours of police time - the equivalent of 3,000 officers - each year

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11 h. ago Shabana Mahmood's key policing changes from British FBI to AI and crack squads

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has unveiled a radical blueprint for the future of policing - arguing the number of forces needs to be slashed and a 'British FBI' should be set up

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12 h. ago Police will have to respond to emergencies in London within 15 minutes under major shake

The Home Office is also expected to develop an FBI-style unit to tackle national crime as part of the policing overhaul

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28 h. ago Police must get to crime scenes in 15 minutes... or face discipline from Mahmood

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to unveil what she is calling the most sweeping overhaul of policing in the service's 200-year history on Monday with strict targets on response times.

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29 h. ago New 999 response time targets to speed up policing and catch more criminals

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood will unveil major reforms to policing on Monday

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29 h. ago Police ordered to respond to emergencies in 15 minutes as Home Secretary slams delays

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will call time on unacceptable delays which can mean perpetrators and witnesses have disappeared when officers arrive at the scene

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33 h. ago Andy Burnham ‘disappointed’ after Labour blocks bid to contest by

Members of Labour’s National Executive Committee voted on Sunday morning to deny the mayor of Greater Manchester permission to stand in the contest.

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41 h. ago Mahmood: Trump praise of UK troops may be ‘as good as it gets’ by way of Nato apology

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has suggested a Donald Trump social media post honouring UK soldiers who fought in Afghanistan as “among the greatest of all warriors” may be the closest thing to an apology issued by the president over his criticism of Nato troops.

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41 h. ago NEC chair Shabana Mahmood issues update on Andy Burnham's bid to stand in by

The mayor of Greater Manchester announced his desire to return to Westminster

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41 h. ago Labour on brink of civil war as party chiefs mull blocking Andy Burnham Commons comeback

The Home Secretary is chairing a meeting to decide if Mr Burnham can apply for selection as Labour’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

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42 h. ago ‘British FBI’ to tackle national crime in major police overhaul

The National Police Service will be created to crack down on serious and complex crimes.

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