Scotland Yard launch investigation following complaint from Labour MP Tom Watson.

At least 20,000 people have been wrongly labelled as criminals or accused of more serious offences because of blunders by the police and the Criminal Records Bureau.

New figures published today have shown the steep falls in the detection rates of a range of serious crimes including murder, firearm offences, knife crime offences and rape. A fall in the 'sanction detection rates' means fewer offences are resulting in a prosecution (charge, caution or warning). The figures, which come from written answers from the Mayor of London, show sanction detectio...

Undercover police should have their operations approved by an independent authority, says the forces’ watchdog

The papers have again been full of reshuffle speculation, but the investigation by Essex Police into claims Chris Huhne passed speeding points onto someone else could yet take further twists.

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on the Police Grant Report for England and Wales 2012-13 today, said:

Police will get to keep a special payment dubbed "grab-a-grand" despite moves to slash bonuses and allowances by £150 million a year, Theresa May confirmed yesterday.

Hundreds of soldiers from 3rd battalion The Parachute Regiment spent last week learning how to contain and arrest "rioters" in a series of exercises mirroring last summers violence. Defence sources have confirmed that if violence were to return to British cities, especially during the Olympic Games, the Paras would be "ideally placed" to provide "short-term" support to police forces around the UK....

Home Secretary Theresa May approves a deal to save £150m a year on police pay - but opponents warn that officers will suffer.

Protesters at two Occupy DC encampments in downtown Washington are facing eviction, with park police saying they will enforce a no-camping rule and arrest those who do not comply