Michael Crick
Law not meant to bar Simon Weston, says Theresa May
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick blogs about Falklands war hero Simon Weston’s bid to become a police and crime commissioner
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Michael Crick
Teenage crime set to disqualify war hero Simon Weston
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick blogs about the Falklands war hero Simon Weston, who could be disqualified from standing as a police and crime commissioner because of a criminal conviction from 37 years ago when he was just 14.
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Michael Crick
Family politics of BBC frontrunner’s family politics
Channel 4 News political correspondent, Michael Crick, on the family connections between the frontrunner for the director-general of the BBC and the House of Lords
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Michael Crick
The business of electing Police Commissioners
The elections for the 41 new Police and Crime Commssioners in England and Wales take place exactly six months from today – on 15 November. And commercial enterprises are starting to set themsleves up offering to help prospective candidates with their campaigns. One is run by a former adviser to David Cameron in Downing Street;…
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30,000 police march through London in protest over cuts
More than 30,000 off-duty police officers march through central London in protest at cuts aimed at reducing their numbers by 20 per cent.
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Michael Crick
The Boadens – will it be a DG & PCC double act?
2012 could be a interesting year for the Boaden family reports Michael Crick.
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Michael Crick
Police Commissioners – the latest line-up
Michael Crick rounds up the runners and riders for the newly created posts of Police Commissioner.
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Michael Crick
Mike Olley writes his last column
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick blogs on Mike Oley, who is hoping to win the Labour nomination for police commissioner in the West Midlands.
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Police services could be privatised
G4S and other private companies have been asked to bid for contracts worth £1.5bn for services currently carried out by the police, including crime investigation and neighbourhood patrols.
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Michael Crick
Chutzpah or something for the Electoral Commission?
Michael Crick asks should the Electoral Commission be taking an interest in early campaigning to be the West Midlands police commissioner?
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Michael Crick
Police commissioners – the latest hats in the ring
Over the past few months I’ve been keeping my eye on who might be interested in standing for election as police commissioners. Here are my very latest findings.
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Michael Crick
Simon Weston ‘inspired’ to run for police post by Tim Collins
Channel 4 News Correspondent Michael Crick blogs on Simon Weston’s decision to stand for election as a police and crime commissioners (PCCs).
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Michael Crick
Kilfoyle confirms he’s going for police job
The former Labour minister Peter Kilfoyle has confirmed to me that he has applied for the Labour nomination for November’s election for post of police and crime commissioner for Merseyside. Kilfoyle stood down as MP for Liverpool Walton at the last election after 19 years as an MP. The other contender for the Labour nomination…
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Michael Crick
Former ministers flock to police commissioner jobs
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick on the runners and riders for the police commissioner jobs.
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Michael Crick
Police commissioners: The runners and riders
Both the Conservatives and Labour are hoping to contest all 41 posts for elected police commissioners, though with little enthusiasm, writes Michael Crick.
