New interim guidance from National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing says forces should disclose the ethnicity and nationality of suspects charged in high profile cases. Tide slowly turning on the police’s instinct to cover up details…
The guidance went into force immediately overnight. It will still be up to forces themselves to decide what information to release. For them avoid full transparency from now would be met with raised eyebrows from the public…
Robert Jenrick told a rally on Monday:
“They say Chancellors are either undertakers or bookies. This one is an ostrich – and when the Chancellor buries his head in the sand, the rest of us, we’re left staring at his you know what.”