Robert Jenrick The Telegraph For crimes against businesses, you need to look at the Commercial Victimisation Survey #crimestats gov.uk/government/col…

Fall in London murder tracks fall in NHS records for those admitted to the city's hospitals with stab wounds...

Ludicrous conspiracy-theory-esque headline

Would be interesting to see the small print about the uses of the data being submitted to this form.

A friend reports that they have contested a box junction fine, so TfL have sent them a CD with the video evidence on, which they can't play because who has a CD drive these days?

'Mahmood said "disparities in performance" meant that policing in England and Wales was a "postcode lottery".' Is there any good analysis of why the differences exist, taking account of funding and demand? bbc.com/news/articles/…

A reminder of this Home Office evidence about rape charge rate differences between forces x.com/gmhales/status…

Also, from the BBC article, this little snippet at the end: 'Paul Sanford, Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary and Chair of the NPCC Finance Coordination Committee, said: "Policing is in a state of financial distress".' A "state of financial distress". #policefinance

'Northamptonshire chief constable fined £50,000 for contempt of court' "Counsel for Northamptonshire police, Dijen Basu KC, said over four years the force had breached every single order made against it." theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/n…

I'm thinking of starting a petition to introduce a 'puncture tax' on builders' vans, given the apparent difficulty many builders have closing their van doors without dropping screws and nails on the road. #polluterpays

Bucket list night out watching Radiohead at the O2 yesterday with my wife and kids. First time I've seen them live in 30+ years of listening to them and it was relentlessly magnificent.

Danny Shaw The Telegraph The scrap metal trade was compelled by law to stop paying cash as a means of tackling criminality - would banning cash payments for other high risk businesses help? gov.uk/government/pub…