Michael Crick
Police officers grilled over ‘plebgate’ meeting
MPs have quizzed key figures from the police over the plebgate affair, which engulfed politician Andrew Mitchell last year.
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Simon Israel
Police go ‘on the record’ to rebuild trust – video
Following plebgate, the Hillsborough cover-up and the Ian Tomlinson controversy, some police forces are recording interactions with the public in an effort to boost public confidence.
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Police go ‘on the record’ to rebuild trust
Following plebgate, the Hillsborough cover-up and the Ian Tomlinson controversy, some police forces are recording interactions with the public in an effort to boost public confidence.
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Michael Crick
‘Half an apology’ from police reps on plebgate
“It wasn’t their poor judgement in talking to the media, but in not telling the truth” – the verdict of one source on the policy apology.
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Michael Crick
Plebgate: MPs to grill inspector who said colleagues should face misconduct action
The home affairs select committee has just announced a new star witness at their hearing into plebgate on Wednesday afternoon.
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‘Plebgate’: police watchdog ‘wrong or incompetent’
The police commissioner for the West Midlands tells Channel 4 News that the deputy chair of the IPCC was “either wrong or incompetent” over her handling of the “plebgate” affair.
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Gary Gibbon
Murkier and murkier in West Mercia
It is rare for a home secretary to get involved in so personal an operational matter, rarer still for the prime minister.. This is a very special episode in British public life and it is not over yet.
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‘Plebgate’ row: IPCC says police changed report conclusions
In a letter the Independent Police Complaints Commission accuses the police of changing the findings of an investigation into the conduct of police officers during the “plebgate” row.
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IPCC questions police officers’ honesty in ‘plebgate’ row
The “honesty and integrity” of three police officers accused of trying to discredit former Conservative chief whip Andrew Mitchell is queried by the police watchdog.
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Moore out, McVey in, as Cameron reshuffles government
Out with the old, in with the new? The Liberal Democrat Michael Moore is sacked as Scottish secretary in the autumn reshuffle, while the Conservatives Nicky Morgan and Esther McVey are promoted.
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Former DPP condemns length of ‘plebgate’ inquiry
Ken Macdonald says the investigation into the “plebgate” affair is taking too long and a missile may be “heading straight for the heart of the Metropolitan police”.
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Police chief Hogan-Howe sorry for ‘plebgate’ damage
Speaking to MPs, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe is forced to say sorry over the damage to Andrew Mitchell’s confidence in police following the “plebgate” row.
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Michael Crick
Two more Plebgate arrests – now eight in total
Two more people were arrested today by the Metropolitan police over the Plebgate affair. That makes eight arrests so far.
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New arrests in ‘plebgate’ investigation
A diplomatic protection group police officer is arrested in connection with the Andrew Mitchell “plebgate” affair following fresh information.
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Michael Crick
Does Sun ‘plebgate’ libel defence show more evidence of police conspiracy?
Testimony of an anonymous woman in defence of a ” plebgate” libel action brought by Andrew Mitchell against The Sun could be more evidence of a conspiracy against him.
