Politics

OPINION: Former police officer and award winning author, Mike Pannett, announces his candidature for the North Yorkshire PCC elections

NEWS: Olly Martins faces a deselection battle following 'trigger ballot' decision at Luton South Labour branch meeting last night

OPINION: Colin Sutton, policing commentator and former senior police officer, criticises the planned recruitment process for a new Suffolk Chief Constable

OPINION: Roy Swales, UKIP's PCC candidate for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, argues that "life experience is more valuable than a degree when it comes to policing"

ANALYSIS: Key extracts from the NPCC's paper on police funding and police demand, submitted to the Home Affairs Select Committee

NEWS BRIEF: Labour announces its PCC candidate selection process and timetable, with applications closing on 8th January 2016

ANALYSIS: NINE have "Declared", six say they're not standing, five say they're 'Undecided", whilst one's now Interim Mayor. And no comment from the remaining 23.

ANALYSIS: MayorWatch's Martin Hoscik casts his expert eye over the welcome awaiting London's new Mayor from the Metropolitan Police

NEWS BRIEF: The Home Affairs Committee is to conduct an inquiry into ‘Reform of the Police Funding Formula’. This inquiry comes shortly after the Public Accounts Committee published a report into the "Financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales"

ANALYSIS: Bernard Rix, CoPaCC CEO, finds that some political parties have already started the race to elect PCCs in May 2016