I thought I'd never have a photo of my son's involvement in today's breath-taking ceremony. So thank you, @vghirda and @Telegraph

When I posted yesterday about Andy Burnham’s political machine secretly intercepting public emails to protect his Abu Dhabi property deals, my inbox was flooded by people thanking me for finally calling out what goes on in Manchester.

Well, I woke up this morning and looked at sclosures coming out of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and the rabbit hole just got so much darker.

Burnham's authority has been caught funnelling nearly £1,000,000 of taxpayer money to completely anonymous beneficiaries in a series of secret payments.

They paid out £83,000 in rent to a hidden landlord. They handed out thousands in anonymous "consultancy fees." Worst of all, they gave a £210,000 capital grant to a property developer and completely redacted the name from the public ledger.

When journalists finally confronted them, the authority claimed hiding the £210,000 developer payout was just a "human error" and blamed the rest of the secrecy on data protection laws.

Look at the terrifying double standard at play here.

If a working citizen misfiles a tax return by fifty pounds or makes a mistake on a local form, the state will investigate their entire life, apply ruthless penalty fines, and threaten them with court.

But when Burnham's regional authority hands a fifth of a million pounds of public cash to an anonymous property developer, they simply shrug and call it a clerical typo.

This is exactly how the modern British political cartel operates. They use the language of bureaucracy and data protection as a legal shield to funnel public wealth to private, hidden corporate interests.

I am sorry, but they are not governing a city. They are running a shadow ledger with your money, and they are terrified of the public finding out who is actually cashing the checks.

Shout out to all policing leaders.

Policing is one of the hardest jobs ever.

If it is in your gift, to make life just a bit easier for your people.

Do it.

Trust me.

I've had the privilege of seeming this. No politics, just a poignant and beautifully-made film to remind us all of our heritage.

BBC website gets the correct words, just fails with the composition:

Don't you hate it when they can't be bothered to use the capital 'R'?

Policing is heading for failure without Reform.

Angus MacIntyre is Reform UK’s Shadow Armed Forces Minister.

Angus stood down as a commissioned Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force last week to reverse the damage successive Tory and Labour governments have inflicted on our Armed Forces.

Tune in at 2pm to hear more about the to this role and his plans to rebuild our Armed Forces.

This week, Norfolk's Independent Advisory Group met with PCC Colin Sutton, who presented the priorities in his Police and Crime Plan for 2026-2028, and explained the work the OPCCN has done to commission victim support services since he took on the role.

The rest of the meeting out feedback from the recent Hate Crime Awareness Conference and ways in which they have engaged more people in the valuable work the IAG does with Norfolk Constabulary and local communities.

Do you want to make a difference, challenge ideas, and help shape conversations around policing and community safety in Norfolk? 🤔

Visit the OPCCN website for more information and how to get involved: ow.ly/63LV5103Kfk

Welcome to the team, Angus.

In response to the Progression Model, the Ministry of Justice have provided the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioners for Norfolk and Suffolk funding to support victims affected by the Progression Model.

As part of this funding we are providing online training, on Trust, to frontline workers who support victims of crime to develop a robust and practical toolkit for trauma-informed working.

By attending this training, practitioners will be able to better recognise and respond to the impact of trauma that may be caused by the Progression Model, ensuring that victims feel heard, better understood, and believed, reducing the risk of re-traumatisation.

For information on dates and to register your interest, please fill in this Smart Survey: smartsurvey.co.uk/s/NorfolkSuffo…

Participants must commit to attending all sessions for their chosen cohort.

The Police and Crime Commissioners for Norfolk and Suffolk have jointly written to the Home Secretary requesting a merger of Norfolk Constabulary and Suffolk Constabulary into a single police force serving both counties.
The proposal follows a review of future policing on more than a decade of successful collaboration between the two forces.
The Commissioners believe a merged force would strengthen policing, provide a more sustainable model for the future and maintain a strong focus on local communities.
Norfolk and Suffolk already share many policing functions, so the Commissioners say this puts the two forces in a unique position to become a pathfinder area for police reform, with the aim of creating a single constabulary by 2028, subject to Government support.
The Commissioners have emphasised that no decisions have yet been made by Government and that any future changes would be subject to detailed planning and engagement.
To see a copy of the letter to the Home Secretary, visit the News section on the Norfolk PCC Office website.

"Reform's alternative budget released today includes many proposals that will finally get Britain's economy growing again.

Abolishing the Energy Profits Levy will play a crucial role in ensuring the country's energy security, which a recent ASI index ranked below Romania and undermine the incentive on firms to be ready to drill when prices are high: without them, the UK's domestic energy supply will be far more secure, and the country will be less vulnerable to price hikes and energy crises. It will also lower electricity costs at a time of eye-wateringly high energy prices, which will cost the average family an extra £206 in the coming year.

The alternative budget's proposals will also give a desperately needed boost to housebuilding. Leaving the Aarhus convention, which paralyses planning reviews and raises costs for developers, will make it easier and faster to build new homes. Repealing Biodiversity Net Gain rules will also reduce costs and delays for housebuilders, 94% of which have been hit by delays due to the rule.

Taken together, these changes will mean more houses are built faster and for a lower cost - which will go a long way to solving Britain's housing crisis. If done right, planning deregulation like those proposed by this alternative budget could single-handedly raise long-run GDP by 7.05% - a rise of almost £3,000 per person."

- Silvia Andreoletti, Head of Communications

Reform UK Suffolk County Councillor speaking the truth, boldly and eloquently telling us how it is for women and girls.
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Norfolk’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Colin Sutton, has contributed £140,000 to help fund extra police resource over the next two years in the market town of Thetford.

The decision follows a period of heightened tensions and protests in Thetford following the arnham was being considered by the Home Office as a site for large scale asylum accommodation.

In response to recent disorder, Breckland Council invested Home Office funding in an additional police officer in Thetford, with Norfolk's Police and Crime Commissioner agreeing to fund a further officer for the area for two years to help maintain increased police visibility.

Please visit our website to read Colin's full statement: ow.ly/Yni750ZYZIV

🚨SHOCKING: Last week I told Labour on Politics Live that their tagging plans wouldn't keep victims safe.

Now the Met Commissioner himself reveals they're re-arresting 2 or 3 early release prisoners a week and recording over 100 tag breaches a day.

So many victims will be

My main criticism of the early release scheme, aside from the fact it was the wrong way to create prison capacity in any event, was that no qualitative assessment of the risk posed by individual prisoners was undertaken. Simply an exercise in arithmetic - how long have they o will inevitably reoffend are being set free amongst us. As in this case, evidenced by this extraordinary letter from a senior police officer.

🚨 The Welsh Tories just voted AGAINST Reform’s motion to deny social housing to foreign nationals.

When people show you who they are believe them.

Those of us from the era get fewer as each year passes but the @metpoliceuk @MPSHaringey always turn out in force.

Keith Blakelock and the sacrifice he made will never be forgotten.

At this stage we are witnessing the Labour government and police helping facilitate mass law-breaking by mostly young men arriving on our South Coast.

The State itself is enabling a breakdown in the Rule of Law, and using the awesomeness of the power at their disposal to do it.