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Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
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Police commissioners: Labour must seize the opportunity with both hands
The Labour Party must to seize this opportunity presented by the police and crime commissioner elections with both hands, writes Rupert George of Release.
Ken vows to reverse Boris’s police cuts and “make the streets safer”
Three months out from May's Mayoral elections, Ken Livingstone today unveiled his “policing pledge for London”, reports Left Foot Forward’s Shamik Das.
IDS jumped the gun: Gangs had nothing to do with the riots
Three months on, Ben Mitchell goes through what we now know about the reasons for the riots.
May’s police cuts: A gamble becomes a shamble
Labour have accused the Tory-led coalition of putting the public at risk due to their cuts - as a senior counter-terrorist officer becomes their latest victim.
Cooper: Tory “reputation” on law and order “was only ever rhetoric”
One of the key arguments at yesterday’s Progress conference was that Labour, not the Conservatives, are the party who can rightly claim to be the party of law and order.