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Labour announces policing overhaul but critics fear it will centralise power

todayJanuary 26, 2026

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Home secretary to regain authority to sack chief constables and set crime- fighting targets in England and Wales

Labour has announced wholesale changes to policing with a pledge to increase crime fighting, but faces warnings that at its heart is an unprecedented centralisation of powers.

Shabana Mahmood said policing in England and Wales was the last public service to survive unreformed for 50 years, despite being too costly and failing in parts.

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