2 h. ago Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood 'no longer has confidence' in West Midlands Police chief

The Home Secretary said the findings of a report into Chief constable Craig Guildford's force were 'damning' and 'devastating'.

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2 h. ago Mahmood has ‘no confidence’ in police chief behind Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban

The home secretary has declared that she will change the law to give her the powers to dismiss the chief constable of West Midlands police

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2 h. ago Shabana Mahmood gives damning 'no confidence' verdict on West Midlands Police chief

Shabana Mahmood told MPs that a review she commissioned into the decision by West Midlands Police was damning. She said she no longer has confidence in the force's chief Craig Guildford

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5 h. ago Home secretary says she has lost confidence in police chief behind Maccabi Tel Aviv fans ban

Statement by Shabana Mahmood is blow to Craig Guildford’s chances of remaining West Midlands police chief constable UK politics live – latest updatesThe home secretary has said she has lost confidence in the West Midlands chief constable after a “damning” report into a ban on Israeli fans from a football game in Birmingham.The inquiry, which was ordered by Shabana Mahmood and carried out by the policing inspectorate His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, found the force made a series of errors in how it gathered and handled intelligence. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago West Midlands Police chief admits to misleading MPs with AI as he defended decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from Aston Villa match

West Midlands Police chief constable Craig Guildford has apologised to MPs for giving them erroneous evidence about the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans, blaming the use of AI.

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7 h. ago Police chief apologises for error in evidence over Maccabi football fan ban

West Midlands Police Chief constable Craig Guildford wrote to the Home Affairs Committee to apologise.

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3 d. ago West Midlands Police chief constable blamed for the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan fiasco could be sacked in days after report is given to the Home Secretary

Senior Tories have called for Craig Guildford to be sacked as head of West Midlands Police over his handling of the force's decision to ban the Israeli fans from an Aston Villa game last year.

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7 d. ago Pressure mounts on 'untenable' police boss accused of hiding evidence of 'armed' Islamist thugs in Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban

Pressure is mounting for Craig Guildford, the chief constable of West Midlands Police (WMP), to be sacked over banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending an Aston Villa match in November.

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7 d. ago Police chief admits officers Googled false information to justify banning Jewish football fans from Aston Villa match

A POLICE chief today admitted his officers Googled incorrect info used to justify a ban on Jewish football fans.  Chief Constable Craig Guildford faced calls to quit over the revelations.  The West Midlands Police chief was grilled by MPs over the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a game against Aston Villa in...

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2 w. ago Police apologise for wrongly claiming Jewish community supported ban on  Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending Aston Villa match

West Midlands Police (WMP) Chief Constable Craig Guildford admitted there was 'no documented feedback' that British Jews wanted Maccabi Tel Aviv fans barred from a match at Aston Villa.

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