OPINION: Charlotte Pickles, Deputy Director and Head of Research at the Reform think tank, looks at the potential for directly elected mayors and identifies lessons from the experience of PCCs

ANALYSIS: Charlotte Pickles, Deputy Director and Head of Research at Reform, introduces the think tank's latest report on offender management, and examines its implications for PCCs

OPINION: How should policing adapt to meet its current, substantial challenge? Charlotte Pickles of the Reform think tank identifies key areas of focus.

OPINION: Charlotte Pickles of the Reform think-tank responds to media coverage of the NPCC Chief's recent remarks on burglary investigation, and suggests a mature debate is needed about prioritising police activity

OPINION: Charlotte Pickles of the Reform think-tank suggests three key areas of focus for policing so as to deliver "more for less".