Police bonuses and special payments will be slashed to save £150 million a year but officers will still get to keep one allowance dubbed "grab-a-grand", the Home Secretary confirmed yesterday.

The chairman of the Police Federation said £160m was "being taken out of police officers' pockets" along with a four-year pay freeze and police budgets cut by up to a third.

Noise, dog poo, organised crime - what are police for?

Home Secretary Theresa May has promised to make it easier for communities to force police to deal with anti-social behaviour.

...here are some posts made on Spectator.co.uk over the weekend: Fraser Nelson finds the prospect of party political police commissioners depressing, and doubts that 51 per cent of Scots really back independence. James Forsyth notes that Douglas Alexander understands Labour's problem, and comments on the party's attempt to seize on Stephen Hester's bonus. Peter Hoskin brea...

Home Secretary Theresa May is to deliver a speech on police reforms and is expected to tackle police pay.

Home Secretary Theresa May is to outline plans to give communities tougher protection from anti-social behaviour in a speech on police reform.

The Beeb, from Thusrday last: Chinese security forces have shot and killed a young Tibetan man in Sichuan province, Tibetan campaign groups say. The death in Aba prefecture would be at least the third such killing this week. Police and...

Residents are to be given the power to force police to tackle anti-social behaviour and end the "horror stories" of communities blighted by nuisance neighbours, the Home Secretary will say today.

You'll remember that far left Oakland mayor Democrat Jean Quan was noticeably tolerant and supportive of the #Occupy Oakland creeps the last time they erupted back in November.Their pestilential encampment was only dismantled by police after it became a major health hazard. Over the weekend, #Occupy Oakland repaid the city's tolerance by breaking into City Hall and did massive damage to ...