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The Right’s commitment to free speech is selective and self-serving, and their double standards is most transparent when it comes to Palestine.
Elation, dismay and easy wins - the story of the elections for West Midlands mayor and crime chief Honours even? Conservative Andy Street was returned as mayor and Labour's Simon Foster steps into the hot seat as police and crime commissioner for the region 13:58, 10 MAY 2021 The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice It was a case of 'carry on as ...
New West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner is elected The Labour candidate Simon Foster beat the Conservatives' Jay Singh-Sohal in the second round of results Updated Simon Foster, the new West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Never miss another story from Coventry and Warwickshire by subscribing to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more ...
By Mark Cardwell - Local Democracy Reporter PCC Candidate Jay Singh-Sohal (Con). Permission for use for all LDRS partners. Credit: Jay Singh-Sohal. Caption writer: Mark Cardwell. Labour candidate Simon Foster has stormed to victory as the West Midlands’ new Police and Crime Commissioner. The solicitor held out over competition from Conservative candidate Jay Singh-Sohal to take over from outgoing commissioner David Jamieson (Lab). Mr Foster won in the second round of results after voters’ second choices were taken into account ...
From greater support for victims to stopping closures of police stations, candidates for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner have set out their priorities. The winning candidate after election day on May 6 will be responsible for holding West Midlands Police and Chief Constable Sir David Thompson to account. The commissioner will also be responsible for setting the police and crime objectives for the force as well as its budget. Outgoing PCC David Jamieson (Lab) has also been the face of the force at weekly Covid-19 regional media briefings since the start of the pandemic. S...