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Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird has given her backing to a national campaign tackling Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE). CSE is a form of sexual abuse that involves the manipulation and/or coercion of young people under the age...
Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner has described it as “completely unacceptable” that a third of domestic violence victims cannot receive legal aid and says controversial changes to the system are a way of rationing the access to funds. The...
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird has welcomed the announced increase in firearms licensing fees. The Home Office announced the increases on Thursday which are said to create a fairer and more effective system for forces, licence holders...
Northumbria is ahead of the game in ensuring Government plans to revise the criminal justice system are appropriate and instil confidence in communities, Northumbria’s Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird has said. She was speaking about the House of...
Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner Vera Baird has welcomed an HMIC report which finds that children need care, not custody. In January 2014, the Home Secretary commissioned HMIC to conduct a thematic inspection on the welfare of vulnerable people...
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