Police must increase their use of stop and search to tackle knife crime rather than “appease” campaign groups who claim it is discriminatory, the policing minister has said. Writing in The ...

Although stops and searches have increased from a low of 280,000 in 2017 after successive home secretaries reversed the restrictions, they have continued to drop in the Metropolitan Police to ...

Police have been urged to increase their use of ‘stop and search’, with the policing minister Chris Philp insisting it is a ‘vital tool’ and not discriminatory. Mr Philp, the MP for Croydon in south ...

Mr Sunak made cutting NHS waiting times a flagship pledge Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut NHS waiting lists has already been broken, hidden evidence in the Government’s own official data has revealed.

The Police must stop attempting to "appease" campaign groups and increase their use of stop and search powers to tackle knife crime.Policing Minister Chris Philp has argued the practice is a ...

Policing minister Chris Philp’s call for officers to conduct more stop and searches to address knife crime confirms two core beliefs among the political establishment today. First, the assumption that ...

THE TORIES will bring back ­compulsory National Service if they win the election, Prime ­Minister Rishi Sunak today vows. Every British 18-year-old man or woman will be expected to serve their ...

COPS must ramp up the use of stop and search to stamp out knife crime, the policing minister has declared. Chris Philp said the tactic is a "vital tool" and that police officers should not be ...

The Policing Minister Chris Philp says that stop and search is a “vital tool” in taking knives off the streets that is “not used nearly often enough” by police. Kamal Ahmed and Camilla ...