The government has rejected calls to require candidates to disclose if they are a member of a political party when standing for election as an indepen...

Young people have a huge amount at stake when it comes to policing and criminal justice issues and until we effectively bring them into the debate many of the issues we currently see will remain.

John Prescott’s campaign have spoken of the “irony” of the Conservative candidate beating the Labour heavyweight with a voting system opposed by...

In spite of winning three of the four local authorities - Hull, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire - that make up the Humberside Police area and winning the popular vote via Fast Past the Post, John Prescott lost on second preferences, thanks to the supplementary vote system. Oh the irony of the Tories beating a Labour heavyweight with a form of PR that they actively campaigned against in the AV Referendum.

It is now clear that the PCC elections are on track for the lowest turnout in British history. Yesterday many polling stations stood empty. And when we say, 'stood empty' that is - in few cases - the literal truth.

Polling stations across the country have seen embarrassingly low turnouts in the elections for police and crime commissioners, while some people who m...

While these low turnouts will be debated and analysed, one thing is clear: they should sound the death knell for the ludicrously shrill cries from some quarters of the Tory party and their supporters for greater restrictions on trade union ballots.

The ten things you need to know on Friday 16th November... 1) NOT-SO-SUPER-THURSDAY Voters across the country went to the polls yesterday to e...

Labour have described the the police and crime commissioner elections as having descended in to a shambles, with turnout was expected to be as low as ...

Anyone seeking elected office needs to rely on the media to help spread word of their activities and policies. This is particularly true for independent candidates, who lack access to an active supporter base that are well used to running campaigns, distributing leaflets and contacting voters. That has not happened here and while it is understandable that some object to the very idea of electing PCC's that does not change the situation: there will be an election for them on Thursday and voters should have been better served in learning about the candidates and their policies.

The idea that this is a genuine exercise in localism just simply isn't credible, because the coalition is only interested in devolving power to two sectors: the private and the voluntary. If you want to know what Cameron and Osborne really think of local government, go and count the number of empty offices at council buildings across the land.

Boris Johnson found himself confronted by hecklers while appearing in Bristol to support the upcoming Police and Crime Commissioner elections on Wedne...

Police prosecutions of men who sexually exploit children are rising, but sadly we are now working with more boys and girls who are abused in this way than ever - up 8.4% on last year. There is still a worrying lack of awareness of this issue across the board.

A Lincolnshire councillor has stepped down from running as a candidate for the county's Police and Crime Commissioner over a £5 fine he incurred for ...

The policing minister has been accused of talking "boring waffle" by BBC Today programme presenter Evan Davis, after Nick Herbert tried to deflect acc...

A Labour Party candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner has been forced to step down because he was fined £5 for two offences he committed 46 year...

I went to the Kent County Show on Friday, with some trepidation as I had heard on the news that because of the bad weather the showground had been clo...

It's that time of year again and the Authority will be touring the county throughout July and August to talk to the public about their policing priorities. We will be visiting town centre shopping centres from Sainsburys through to Bluewater.

John Prescott has been confirmed as Labour's candidate to stand as the first elected Police and Crime Commissioner for Humberside, when voters across ...

Time is flying by and there's only six months to the new incoming Police and Crime Commissioners. There is an awful lot of work going on behind the scenes, not just locally but nationally as well.