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Conservatives to strengthen powers over police
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
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Chris Grayling said that a Tory administration would push ahead with controversial plans for directly elected commissioners of police with powers to set funding levels and hire and fire chief constables. The proposal faces fierce opposition from police...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Chris Grayling, Robbery, Operation Bumblebee, Law enforcement, Politics, Bail, Law enforcement in the United Kingdom, Crimes, Criminal law, Surveillance, National security, Burglary, Security, Association of Chief Police Officers, Police, Law Crime
Tories to demand: are you married?
London :: United Kingdom | 9 days ago
Credibility Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary, claimed that, under Labour, marriage had become a “non official institution”. In an interview with The Sunday Times, he pledged that a future Tory government would make it a priority to raise the status of married...
Tags: Chris Grayling, official form, David Cameron, chiefs constables, grayling insisted, United Kingdom, London, Grayling Michigan, Grayling, Conservative Party, Marriage, Thymallus, Epsom and Ewell, Politics
UK Parliamentarians seek 'English test' for visa applicants
London :: United Kingdom | 17 days ago
Credibility As Britan moves to tighten rules for immigrants, top parliamentarians have called for a compulsory "English test" for those applying for UK visas, a move that could impact thousands of Indians seeking to move to the country. The British lawmakers warned...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Liberal Democrats, Shadow Home Secretary, Chris Huhne, Chris Grayling, Immigration, Politics, Social Issues
Tories outline alcohol crackdown
London :: United Kingdom | about 1 month ago
Credibility Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling told the party's conference it was too easy for teenagers to get "very drunk quickly and cheaply". He also said councils would be given new powers to restrict pub and club opening hours. Penalties would also be increased...
Tags: Gordon Brown, Richard Dannatt, Chris Grayling, Afghanistan, army chief, Labour, general sir, secretary chris, political gimmick, sir richard
Labour blogger admits creating fake website to smear Tories
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
Credibility You would have thought that after the antics of Damian McBride and Derek Draper, the Labour Party would have learnt its lesson with regards to falsehoods and the internet. But now an up-and-coming Labour star and prominent blogger has catapulted himself...
Tags: Chris Grayling, Baltimore, fake websites, Labour Party
Tories' headline-grabbing initiative backfires
London :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
Credibility It was meant as a headline-grabbing, agenda-setting declaration of the Conservative Party’s intention to be tough on crime, while at the same time illustrating to the ever-important youth vote their knowledge of the latest must-watch television show....
Tags: Chris Grayling, Wired Britain, Baltimore, The Wire
Tories plan youths' phone and bike confiscation
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
Credibility Police should be given powers to seize young troublemakers mobile phones or bikes as punishment for antisocial behaviour, the Tories said today. Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary, said he wanted officers to confiscate such possessions for up to...
Tags: Chris Grayling, tories plans, mobiles phones
Tories warn firms off ID scheme
Manchester :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
Credibility The Tories have written to five firms bidding to supply ID cards warning them not to sign any long-term contracts. In the letter, shadow home secretary Chris Grayling says one of his party's first acts, if it wins the next general election, would be to...
Tags: id cards, Chris Grayling, secretary chris
Stabbings among British crime increases
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
Credibility The number of fatal stabbings has increased in Britain, part of an alarming rise in certain crimes throughout the country last year, data indicate. The British Crime Survey found the 270 fatal stabbings that took place in Britain in 2007-08 were a record...
Tags: rises ins, Britain, fatal stabbings, increase ins, involving knives, Chris Grayling, crimes figures, ins burglary, crimes wave, robberies involving
Pickles 'to be new Tory chairman'
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
Credibility Mr Pickles, who had been shadow communities secretary, swaps roles with Caroline Spelman, the BBC understands. Mr Cameron has already announced he is bringing former chancellor Ken Clarke back as shadow business secretary. Chris Grayling is set to be...
Tags: Kenneth Clarke, Ken Clarke, David Cameron, Mr Clarke, business secretary, shadow business, Eric Pickles, Mr Cameron, Conservative Party, Chris Grayling
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