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		<title>£100m budget cut challenge will hit crime-fighting capability warns West Mids PCC</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/100m-budget-cut-challenge-will-hit-crime-fighting-capability-warns-west-mids-pcc/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/100m-budget-cut-challenge-will-hit-crime-fighting-capability-warns-west-mids-pcc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of police officers in the West Midlands will continue to fall after the current recruitment phase has been completed as the force struggles to identify a further £100]]></description>
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		<title>Theresa May backs &#8216;visible and accountable&#8217; PCCs over inefficient police authorities</title>
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		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/theresa-may-backs-visible-and-accountable-pccs-over-inefficient-police-authorities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 08:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Home Secretary has issued a robust defence of Police and Crime Commissioners, insisting that the elected officials are increasingly recognised by the public as a force for good, reports]]></description>
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		<title>Police Commissioner agrees counter move</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson has taken the most significant decision of his short tenure in the job by agreeing to close two-thirds of the force’s remaining]]></description>
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		<title>Councils back £1m Birmingham-Solihull speed camera experiment</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/councils-back-1m-birmingham-solihull-speed-camera-experiment/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/councils-back-1m-birmingham-solihull-speed-camera-experiment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham and Solihull councils are to spend £1 million on a digital speed camera experiment. A pilot study will see up to seven cameras placed at accident black spots in]]></description>
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		<title>Police criticised over poor response to West Midlands child abuse cases</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-criticised-over-poor-response-to-west-midlands-child-abuse-cases/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-criticised-over-poor-response-to-west-midlands-child-abuse-cases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police has been criticised for failing to protect children at risk of sexual exploitation and told to take immediate action to address shortcomings. A study by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate]]></description>
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		<title>David Jamieson intended to retire, but ended up as PCC: how did that happen?</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/david-jamieson-intended-to-retire-but-ended-up-as-pcc-how-did-that-happen/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/david-jamieson-intended-to-retire-but-ended-up-as-pcc-how-did-that-happen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2014 09:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the commentary surrounding the by-election to choose a new Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands has understandably been based on the stunning lack of public interest]]></description>
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		<title>Labour hold PCC post, but only 1 in 10 turnout</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/15350/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/15350/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Johnson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Jamieson, the former MP and minister, has won the election to become the next Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands. However, the real story is not that]]></description>
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		<title>West Mids PCC contest: &#8216;the most expensive, unwanted and unheard of election ever&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-mids-pcc-contest-the-most-expensive-unwanted-and-unheard-of-election-ever/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-mids-pcc-contest-the-most-expensive-unwanted-and-unheard-of-election-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are just over three weeks to go until two million registered electors in the West Midlands get an opportunity to choose a new Police and Crime Commissioner. And without]]></description>
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		<title>Four candidates declared for PCC by-election in August</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/four-candidates-declared-for-pcc-by-election-in-august/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/four-candidates-declared-for-pcc-by-election-in-august/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Johnson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Statement of Persons Nominated for the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) by-election on 21 August has been published today (25 July) by the Police Area Returning Officer (Birmingham City Council]]></description>
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		<title>Could West Midlands PCC by-election be tarnished by Britain&#8217;s lowest turnout?</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/could-west-midlands-pcc-by-election-be-tarnished-by-britains-lowest-turnout/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/could-west-midlands-pcc-by-election-be-tarnished-by-britains-lowest-turnout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2014 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of us with a keen interest in politics are looking somewhat apprehensively towards next month’s by-election for a new West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner. The contest will in]]></description>
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		<title>Jamieson beats Mosquito to win Labour West Mids PCC nomination</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/jamieson-beats-mosquito-to-win-labour-west-mids-pcc-nomination/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/jamieson-beats-mosquito-to-win-labour-west-mids-pcc-nomination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former MP and junior transport minister David Jamison is on course to become the next West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner after being named as the Labour party candidate for the]]></description>
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		<title>Yvonne Mosquito appointed Acting West Midlands Police Commissioner</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/yvonne-mosquito-appointed-acting-west-midlands-police-commissioner/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/yvonne-mosquito-appointed-acting-west-midlands-police-commissioner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2014 14:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham Labour councillor Yvonne Mosquito has been appointed Acting West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner following the death of Bob Jones. Ms Mosquito, who was Mr Jones’s deputy, was formally]]></description>
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		<title>Mourners urged to keep the red flag flying for Bob Jones</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/mourners-urged-to-keep-the-red-flag-flying-for-bob-jones/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/mourners-urged-to-keep-the-red-flag-flying-for-bob-jones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 09:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends and colleagues attending a memorial service for Bob Jones have been asked to wear something red in recognition of the former West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner’s strong socialist]]></description>
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		<title>PCC election mired in controversy as tributes pile up for hardworking Jones</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/pcc-election-mired-in-controversy-as-tributes-pile-up-for-hardworking-jones/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/pcc-election-mired-in-controversy-as-tributes-pile-up-for-hardworking-jones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 11:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones was regularly working 12-14 hour days in the weeks before his sudden death at the age of 59, it has emerged. It]]></description>
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		<title>Home Office urged to delay West Midlands PCC election until September</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/home-office-urged-to-delay-west-midlands-pcc-election-until-september/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/home-office-urged-to-delay-west-midlands-pcc-election-until-september/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An attempt is underway to delay the contest to find a replacement for Bob Jones, the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner who died on July 1. Birmingham City Council]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands Police Commissioner Bob Jones dies suddenly</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-commissioner-bob-jones-dies-suddenly/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-commissioner-bob-jones-dies-suddenly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2014 10:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tributes are pouring in for Bob Jones, the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, who has died suddenly at the age of 59. Stunned colleagues and politicians from across the]]></description>
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		<title>Labour vows to end &#8216;nonsense&#8217; of having 43 police forces in England and Wales</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/labour-vows-to-end-nonsense-of-having-43-police-forces-in-england-and-wales/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/labour-vows-to-end-nonsense-of-having-43-police-forces-in-england-and-wales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 08:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moves to merge some police forces in England and Wales will be back on the political agenda if Labour wins the General Election. Jack Dromey, Shadow Police Minister, told the]]></description>
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		<title>Home Secretary&#8217;s &#8216;cynical&#8217; manoeuvre over Police Federation marks rise of the Iron Lady, claims West Midlands PCC</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/home-secretarys-cynical-manoeuvre-over-police-federation-marks-rise-of-the-iron-lady-claims-west-midlands-pcc/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/home-secretarys-cynical-manoeuvre-over-police-federation-marks-rise-of-the-iron-lady-claims-west-midlands-pcc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2014 10:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Home Secretary was guilty of a “cynical political manoeuvre” when she told the organisation representing Britain’s rank and file coppers that it had to embrace change, West Midlands Police and]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs for &#8216;cronies&#8217; based on &#8216;nepotism&#8217; and poor scrutiny: MPs&#8217; lay into Police Commissioners</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/jobs-for-cronies-based-on-nepotism-and-poor-scrutiny-mps-lay-into-police-commissioners/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/jobs-for-cronies-based-on-nepotism-and-poor-scrutiny-mps-lay-into-police-commissioners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2014 12:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eighteen months after they first took office, it is hard to find anyone with much of a good word to say about the need for, or the performance of, our]]></description>
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		<title>Why the mental health cop ban will serve to &#8216;discourage the others&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/why-the-mental-health-cop-ban-will-serve-to-discourage-the-others/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/why-the-mental-health-cop-ban-will-serve-to-discourage-the-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 12:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The combination of a press-friendly police commissioner with an enthusiasm for social media and a West Midlands police force where information is controlled through firm rules and procedures was always going to]]></description>
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		<title>Balancing the scales of Justice &#8211; @mentalhealthcop</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/balancing-the-scales-of-justice-mentalhealthcop/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/balancing-the-scales-of-justice-mentalhealthcop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2014 07:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Leavesley]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been much uproar about West Midlands Police’s decision to suspend @mentalhealthcop as a result of their twitter posts complaining about budget cuts as it was against their social]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands Police restore Mental Health Cop Twitter feed after six-day ban</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/if-we-trust-police-with-a-truncheon-we-can-trust-them-with-twitter-insists-commissioner/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/if-we-trust-police-with-a-truncheon-we-can-trust-them-with-twitter-insists-commissioner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police have reinstated the @MentalHealthCop Twitter account six days after the blog was taken down following claims that the force&#8217;s social and digital media policy was breached. Assistant]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Health Cop&#8217;s twitter account suspended as police chiefs take fright</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/mental-health-cops-twitter-account-suspended-as-police-chiefs-take-fright/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/mental-health-cops-twitter-account-suspended-as-police-chiefs-take-fright/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2014 10:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police’s claim to be at the forefront of the social media revolution took a knock at the weekend when the force suspended the Twitter feed of an award-winning]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/mental-health-cops-twitter-account-suspended-as-police-chiefs-take-fright/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Commissioner Jones, water cannons, chocolate tea pots and the half pint of beer budget</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/commissioner-jones-water-cannons-chocolate-tea-pots-and-the-half-pint-of-beer-budget/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/commissioner-jones-water-cannons-chocolate-tea-pots-and-the-half-pint-of-beer-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2014 16:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a week it’s been for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones. In the space of a few days he’s managed to move into sound bite overdrive. The]]></description>
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		<title>Pickles to tell West Mids police: &#8216;Hold a referendum if you want council tax to rise by 6p a week&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/pickles-to-tell-west-mids-police-hold-a-referendum-if-you-want-council-tax-to-rise-by-6p-a-week/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/pickles-to-tell-west-mids-police-hold-a-referendum-if-you-want-council-tax-to-rise-by-6p-a-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police Commissioner Bob Jones may be forced to abandon plans to increase council tax bills by an average six pence a week because the Government considers the rise]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/pickles-to-tell-west-mids-police-hold-a-referendum-if-you-want-council-tax-to-rise-by-6p-a-week/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Police watchdog urged to substantiate &#8216;Shariah law is rife&#8217; in Midlands claim</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-watchdog-urged-to-substantiate-shariah-law-is-rife-in-midlands-claim/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-watchdog-urged-to-substantiate-shariah-law-is-rife-in-midlands-claim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Police watchdog Tom Winsor is under renewed pressure to explain his claim that ethnic minority communities are failing to report serious crimes, preferring instead to operate their own forms of]]></description>
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		<title>Commissioner Jones and Andrew Mitchell clash over police stop and search powers</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/commissioner-jones-and-andrew-mitchell-clash-over-police-stop-and-search-powers/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/commissioner-jones-and-andrew-mitchell-clash-over-police-stop-and-search-powers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police Commissioner Bob Jones is at risk of upsetting some of his Labour party colleagues &#8211; and a senior Tory MP &#8211; by continuing to back controversial ‘stop and]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands Police to face a further £23m cut in Home Office funding</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-to-face-a-further-23m-cut-in-home-office-funding/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-to-face-a-further-23m-cut-in-home-office-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attempts to obtain a fairer Government funding settlement for West Midlands Police have fallen on deaf ears, with the force set to face a further £23 million cut in its Home]]></description>
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		<title>Policing comes full circle: Labour review calls for PCCs to be abolished</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/policing-comes-full-circle-labour-review-calls-for-pccs-to-be-abolished/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/policing-comes-full-circle-labour-review-calls-for-pccs-to-be-abolished/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 16:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ed Miliband has given the clearest hint yet that he would move quickly to abolish Police and Crime Commissioners if Labour wins the next General Election. Mr Miliband backed recommendations]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t forget to blow the whistle if you think I&#8217;m corrupt, Commissioner Jones tells staff</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/dont-forget-to-blow-the-whistle-if-you-think-im-corrupt-commissioner-jones-tells-staff/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/dont-forget-to-blow-the-whistle-if-you-think-im-corrupt-commissioner-jones-tells-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones is urging his staff to “blow the whistle” if they suspect he or anyone in his office is guilty of fraud, corruption]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands police commissioner Bob Jones marks first year in office by demanding a £35,000 pay cut</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-commissioner-bob-jones-marks-first-year-in-office-by-demanding-a-35000-pay-cut/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-commissioner-bob-jones-marks-first-year-in-office-by-demanding-a-35000-pay-cut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones believes he is paid “way too much” for the job he does and wants his £100,000 wage packet to be slashed by a]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands force sacks 21 police officers after professional standards inquiries</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-force-sacks-21-police-officers-after-professional-standards-inquiries/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-force-sacks-21-police-officers-after-professional-standards-inquiries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2013 09:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-one police officers from the West Midlands force have been dismissed in the past 18 months following internal disciplinary investigations into their conduct, it has been revealed. The officers left]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands Police Commissioner &#8216;fiercely opposes&#8217; any changes that &#8216;damage traditions of policing&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-commissioner-fiercely-opposes-any-changes-that-damage-traditions-of-policing/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-commissioner-fiercely-opposes-any-changes-that-damage-traditions-of-policing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2013 17:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin Mulvihill]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones has described plans to allow direct entry into the highest ranks of policing as &#8220;ill-conceived&#8221; and unable to &#8220;facilitate improvements to the service.&#8221; The]]></description>
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		<title>Police Commissioners like a &#8216;dead parrot&#8217;, bereft of life, says PCC Bob Jones</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-commissioners-like-a-dead-parrot-bereft-of-life-says-pcc-bob-jones/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-commissioners-like-a-dead-parrot-bereft-of-life-says-pcc-bob-jones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 07:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is safe to assume that West Midlands Police Commissioner Bob Jones, a Labour politician, is no fan of the right-wing think tank Policy Exchange. However, the organisation’s latest set]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands Police win praise for cutting spending and crime</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-win-praise-for-cutting-spending-and-crime/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-win-praise-for-cutting-spending-and-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2013 08:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top marks for West Midlands Police from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary for continuing to cut crime and keep Bobbies on the streets despite having to make £120 million in]]></description>
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		<title>The Skype&#8217;s the limit</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-skypes-the-limit/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-skypes-the-limit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin Mulvihill]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands PCC Bob Jones is to hold his first ever “Skype surgery” this Friday as part of his efforts to further embrace social media and digital platforms. Speaking about]]></description>
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		<title>How plain talking Bob faced down extremists</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/how-plain-talking-bob-faced-down-extremists/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/how-plain-talking-bob-faced-down-extremists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Waseem Zaffar]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, when tensions have been running high in Birmingham and the West Midlands with three mosques attacked and an 82 year old pensioner brutally murdered outside a mosque,]]></description>
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		<title>The squeezed middle &#8211; 80% of police officers are aged 31 to 50</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-squeezed-middle-80-of-police-officers-are-aged-31-to-50/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-squeezed-middle-80-of-police-officers-are-aged-31-to-50/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The notion that police officers are getting younger has been blown apart in the West Midlands where the force has conceded that its uniformed establishment is dangerously middle aged. Three]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;It&#8217;s far too easy to sack the chief constable&#8217;, warns Commissioner Jones</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/its-far-too-easy-to-sack-the-chief-constable-warns-commissioner-jones/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/its-far-too-easy-to-sack-the-chief-constable-warns-commissioner-jones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2013 10:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chris sims]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is unclear whether Chris Sims should be concerned or not, but West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones is stressing about the power he has to sack under-performing chief constables.]]></description>
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		<title>Police face sat nav tracking to monitor stop and search requests</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-face-sat-nav-tracking-to-monitor-stop-and-search-requests/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-face-sat-nav-tracking-to-monitor-stop-and-search-requests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yvonne Mosquito]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=9222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Police officers in Birmingham and the West Midlands could soon be tracked by satellite navigation systems to monitor whether the use of ‘stop and search’ powers amounts to racial discrimination. Plans to]]></description>
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		<title>Crime is on the increase: &#8216;don&#8217;t panic&#8217;, insists Police Commissioner</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/crime-is-on-the-increase-dont-panic-insists-police-commissioner/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/crime-is-on-the-increase-dont-panic-insists-police-commissioner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=9133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police Commissioner Bob Jones has issued a ‘don’t panic’ plea after the first increase in recorded crime in recent years. Mr Jones warned the number of offences might]]></description>
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		<title>Neighbourhoods to set crime-fighting priorities, police commissioner promises</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/neighbourhoods-to-set-crime-fighting-priorities-police-commissioner-promises/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/neighbourhoods-to-set-crime-fighting-priorities-police-commissioner-promises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 08:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local communities will be given new powers to set crime-fighting priorities in a major devolution of policing to neighbourhood level. West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones says he]]></description>
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		<title>You can sack me and the other police commissioners, Bob Jones tells ministers</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/you-can-sack-me-and-the-other-police-commissioners-bob-jones-tells-ministers/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/you-can-sack-me-and-the-other-police-commissioners-bob-jones-tells-ministers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=9035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seven months into his £100,000 a year job as West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, Bob Jones has urged the Government to sack him and the country’s other PCCs. Mr]]></description>
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		<title>Are police commissioners all visibility and no substance, asks Birmingham academic</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/are-police-commissioners-all-visibility-and-no-substance-asks-birmingham-academic/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/are-police-commissioners-all-visibility-and-no-substance-asks-birmingham-academic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 09:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A withering critique of the creeping politicisation of Britain’s police forces and the Government’s failure to enforce effective scrutiny of Police and Crime Commissioners has been published by a Birmingham University professor.]]></description>
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		<title>Britain&#8217;s whiter than white police commissioners</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/britains-whiter-than-white-police-commissioners/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/britains-whiter-than-white-police-commissioners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 08:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media coverage of a critical report by MPs into the first six months of Police and Crime Commissioners has focused almost entirely on the absence of proper scrutiny of the]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands Police at &#8216;grave risk&#8217; from £250m grant cuts</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-at-grave-risk-from-250m-grant-cuts/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-at-grave-risk-from-250m-grant-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 07:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crime-fighting across the West Midlands is being put at “grave risk” by Government spending cuts, Police Commissioner Bob Jones has claimed. In a strongly-worded statement, Mr Jones forecast that the force]]></description>
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		<title>Another 2,000 West Midlands police jobs face the axe</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/another-2000-west-midlands-police-jobs-face-the-axe/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/another-2000-west-midlands-police-jobs-face-the-axe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A further 2,000 West Midlands police jobs could be axed as a result of Government spending cuts. The figure was revealed by Police Commissioner Bob Jones, who warned that a continued]]></description>
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		<title>Commissioner Jones&#8217;s critical friends turn out to be rather critical</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/commissioner-joness-critical-friends-turn-out-to-be-rather-critical/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/commissioner-joness-critical-friends-turn-out-to-be-rather-critical/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=7759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The West Midlands Police and Crime Panel, a ‘critical friend’ to Police Commissioner Bob Jones, has certainly been critical, if not altogether friendly in its deliberations so far. Asked to scrutinise]]></description>
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		<title>Steelhouse Lane police station to close</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/steelhouse-lane-police-station-to-close/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/steelhouse-lane-police-station-to-close/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham’s Steelhouse Lane police station, one of the oldest in the country, is to close as part of a £17 million savings plan. The listed building, which dates from the]]></description>
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		<title>Police chief Bob Jones appoints three assistants &#8211; all Labour councillors</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-chief-bob-jones-appoints-three-assistants-all-labour-councillors/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-chief-bob-jones-appoints-three-assistants-all-labour-councillors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police Commissioner Bob Jones has appointed three assistants, and they are all Labour councillors. Faye Abbott (Coventry), Judy Foster (Dudley) and Mohammed Nazir (Walsall) will be paid £22,500]]></description>
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		<title>Police Commissioner defends anti-Conservative onslaught</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-commissioner-defends-anti-conservative-onslaught/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-commissioner-defends-anti-conservative-onslaught/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police Commissioner Bob Jones has been accused of “failing to respect the dignity of his office” by promoting outspoken attacks on the Conservative Party through social media. Using]]></description>
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		<title>Police Commissioner rejects council tax freeze offer</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-commissioner-rejects-council-tax-freeze-offer/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-commissioner-rejects-council-tax-freeze-offer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones is proposing to reject the offer of a £1.9 million Government grant which would allow council tax bills to be frozen. Mr Jones]]></description>
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		<title>Chancellor clobbers police with another cash cosh</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/chancellor-clobbers-police-with-another-cash-cosh/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/chancellor-clobbers-police-with-another-cash-cosh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris sims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands PCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police may have to find a further £24 million in Government-imposed cuts over the next two years following Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement. The figure &#8211; a 20]]></description>
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		<title>Mosquito told: you&#8217;ll have to work full time for £65,000 a year</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/mosquito-told-youll-have-to-work-full-time-for-65000-a-year/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/mosquito-told-youll-have-to-work-full-time-for-65000-a-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yvonne Mosquito]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands has been told she should work full time in return for a £65,000 salary. Yvonne Mosquito, a Birmingham city councillor,]]></description>
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		<title>Deputy Police Commissioner takes a pay cut&#8230;. but still gets £65k for part-time job</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/deputy-police-commissioner-takes-a-pay-cut-but-still-gets-65000-for-part-time-job/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/deputy-police-commissioner-takes-a-pay-cut-but-still-gets-65000-for-part-time-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yvonne Mosquito]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones found himself having to defend a decision to appoint Birmingham politician Yvonne Mosquito as his deputy on a £65,000 salary for a]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Stop throwing cash at Surrey and give West Midlands police a fair deal&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/stop-throwing-cash-at-surrey-and-give-west-midlands-police-a-fair-deal/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/stop-throwing-cash-at-surrey-and-give-west-midlands-police-a-fair-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris sims]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Police Commissioner Bob Jones is involved in a race against time in an attempt to convince the Government to protect the West Midlands force from further damaging spending cuts. Mr]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands Police &#8216;privatisation&#8217; plans scrapped</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-privatisation-plans-scrapped/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-police-privatisation-plans-scrapped/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands PCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bob Jones, the newly elected West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, has moved quickly to abandon controversial plans to ask private firms to run some services for the force. Mr]]></description>
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		<title>Police Authority bows out and says: &#8216;We&#8217;ve all done very well&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-authority-bows-out-and-says-weve-all-done-very-well/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-authority-bows-out-and-says-weve-all-done-very-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris sims]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final West Midlands Police Authority meeting lasted barely an hour and was marked by a defiant self-congratulatory tone among members who praised their efforts in cutting crime and facing]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Independents&#8217; Day</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/celebrating-independents-day/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/celebrating-independents-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cath Hannon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derek Webley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rumble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCC West Midlands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It would be foolish to make too much of an election where the turnout was a derisory 12.3 per cent. But one of the unexpected results of polls across England and]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Jones: the reluctant police commissioner</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/bob-jones-the-reluctant-police-commissioner/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/bob-jones-the-reluctant-police-commissioner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cath Hannon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Labour politician Bob Jones is the West Midlands’ first Police and Crime Commissioner following an election marred by a record low turnout. He topped the poll following yesterday’s PCC elections,]]></description>
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		<title>Bob Jones wins West Midlands Police Commissioner vote?</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/bob-jones-wins-west-midlands-police-commissioner-vote/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/bob-jones-wins-west-midlands-police-commissioner-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Reeves]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Podcast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[listen to ‘Bob Jones wins West Midlands Police Commissioner vote ’ on Audioboo]]></description>
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		<title>The PCC elections – a triumph of the bland leading the ignorant</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-pcc-elections-a-triumph-of-the-bland-leading-the-ignorant/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-pcc-elections-a-triumph-of-the-bland-leading-the-ignorant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Game]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After my blog last week, I hadn’t intended to write again about Thursday’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections. But then came the intervention of Sir Hugh Orde, President of]]></description>
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		<title>Lloyd House could be sold &#8216;if the price is right&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/lloyd-house-could-be-sold-if-the-price-is-right/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/lloyd-house-could-be-sold-if-the-price-is-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police Authority]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Labour police commissioner candidate Bob Jones would consider selling the West Midlands force’s Lloyd House headquarters in central Birmingham if “the right financial offer came along”. Mr Jones promised to]]></description>
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		<title>The PCC elections – I’ll definitely vote, but I do wish the choice was easier.</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-pcc-elections-ill-definitely-vote-but-i-do-wish-the-choice-was-easier/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-pcc-elections-ill-definitely-vote-but-i-do-wish-the-choice-was-easier/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Game]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Life’s simply too short for me normally to bother taking sides in an argument between a gaffe-prone ex-Met Police chief and a hardline Conservative Justice Minister. In this instance, though, I]]></description>
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		<title>New cash crisis for West Midlands Police</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/new-cash-crisis-for-west-midlands-police/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/new-cash-crisis-for-west-midlands-police/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bishop Derek Webley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police Authority]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The West Midlands’ first Police and Crime Commissioner could face an immediate £26 million black hole in the force budget, making yet more spending cuts highly likely. Although the police]]></description>
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		<title>Final runners and riders for the police commissioner stakes</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/final-runners-and-riders-for-the-police-commissioner-stakes/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/final-runners-and-riders-for-the-police-commissioner-stakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police and crime commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With no dramatic late entrants into the field, seven candidates will contest the first election for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner on November 15. Nominations are now closed and]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;I&#8217;ll make travelling on public transport safer&#8217;, pledges PCC candidate</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/ill-make-travelling-on-public-transport-safer-pledges-pcc-candidate/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/ill-make-travelling-on-public-transport-safer-pledges-pcc-candidate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police and crime commissioner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Labour Party police commissioner candidate Bob Jones has outlined proposals which he says will make it safer to use public transport in the West Midlands. If he is elected PCC]]></description>
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		<title>With a little help from a few of my friends</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/with-a-little-help-from-a-few-of-my-friends/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/with-a-little-help-from-a-few-of-my-friends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bishop Derek Webley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police Authority]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a little over a month’s time, barring an unprecedented reversal in political sentiment, or a slump in voter turnout to minuscule levels, Bob Jones will become the West Midlands’]]></description>
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		<title>So why are the West Midlands Police’s detection rates so poor?</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/so-why-are-the-west-midlands-polices-detection-rates-so-poor/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/so-why-are-the-west-midlands-polices-detection-rates-so-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Game]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police Authority]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“What about the crucial matter of detection rates?” asked Paul Dale in his more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger piece on last week’s Police and Crime Commissioner hustings. Paul had been underwhelmed – by the]]></description>
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		<title>Police and the poverty of ambition</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-and-the-poverty-of-ambition/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-and-the-poverty-of-ambition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris sims]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have hesitated to write this for fear of being accused of cynicism, or even worse of letting down ‘Team Birmingham’, but it must be said: the first public meeting]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Rumble: I&#8217;ll end cuts and outsourcing if elected PCC</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/mike-rumble-ill-end-cuts-and-outsourcing-as-if-elected-pcc/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/mike-rumble-ill-end-cuts-and-outsourcing-as-if-elected-pcc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rumble]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Candidate statement of independent candidate Mike Rumble of Stourbridge, a former police officer in the West Midlands. The Police and Crime Commissioner elections on the 15 November this year is]]></description>
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		<title>Give contracts to local firms, PCC candidates urged</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/give-contracts-to-local-firms-pcc-candidates-urged/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/give-contracts-to-local-firms-pcc-candidates-urged/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ayoub Khan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Etheridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cath Hannon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rumble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The West Midlands’ first Police and Crime Commissioner must make sure the force buys a higher proportion of its supplies and services from local firms, business leaders are demanding. Birmingham]]></description>
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		<title>Mitchell &#8216;plebs&#8217; row rages on despite apology</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/mitchell-plebs-row-rages-on-despite-apology/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/mitchell-plebs-row-rages-on-despite-apology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Government Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell has apologised publicly for losing his temper with Downing Street police officers, but fallout from the incident is still raging on his home turf of]]></description>
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		<title>Andrew Mitchell is &#8216;only human&#8217; says Tory PCC candidate</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/andrew-mitchell-is-only-human-says-tory-pcc-candidate/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/andrew-mitchell-is-only-human-says-tory-pcc-candidate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Mitchell’s reported foul-mouthed outburst at bobbies guarding Downing Street was “only human” and a moment of anger, the Tory who hopes to become West Midlands Police Commissioner has claimed.]]></description>
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		<title>Bishop Webley enters police commissioner race</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/bishop-webley-enters-police-commissioner-race/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/bishop-webley-enters-police-commissioner-race/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bishop Derek Webley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police Authority]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bishop Derek Webley is to stand down as West Midlands Police Authority chairman in an attempt to become the region’s first elected Police and Crime Commissioner. Bishop Webley said he]]></description>
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		<title>Standing up for &#8216;forgotten&#8217; victims of crime</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/standing-up-for-forgotten-victims-of-crime/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/standing-up-for-forgotten-victims-of-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Prescott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victim Support]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Candidates running to become Britain’s first police commissioners are being urged to put the ‘forgotten’ victims of crime at the forefront of everything they do. The charity Victim Support, which]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s an oath, but not as we know it</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/its-an-oath-but-not-as-we-know-it/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/its-an-oath-but-not-as-we-know-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=4445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Police and Crime Commissioners will swear an oath of allegiance upon taking office later this year, but not to God or the Queen. A modern form of words being consulted]]></description>
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		<title>Tories to stick with Matt Bennett for top police job</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/tories-to-stick-with-matt-bennett-for-top-police-job/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/tories-to-stick-with-matt-bennett-for-top-police-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Tildesley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Bennett will remain the Conservative candidate for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner whatever the result of an inquiry into the selection process concludes. Chamberlain Files has learned that]]></description>
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		<title>The PCC elections – and where the 18.5% turnout figure came from</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-pcc-elections-and-where-the-18-5-turnout-figure-came-from/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-pcc-elections-and-where-the-18-5-turnout-figure-came-from/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Game]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police commissioner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=4247</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting exciting, isn’t it? Just 82 days and 8 hours (at the time of typing) till polling stations open for the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections on 15th November.]]></description>
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		<title>Police debate hardly an arresting sight</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-debate-hardly-an-arresting-sight/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-debate-hardly-an-arresting-sight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the oddities of our political system is that rivals running for public office rarely, if ever, appear together to debate and answer questions about what they would do]]></description>
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		<title>West Midlands Tories launch investigation into PCC selection process</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-tories-launch-investigation-into-pcc-selection-process/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/west-midlands-tories-launch-investigation-into-pcc-selection-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 06:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Reeves]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Tildesley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Chapman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The excellent Top of the Cops blog reports today that the Conservative Party has launched an investigation into its candidate selection process for the upcoming Police and Crime Commissioner elections]]></description>
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		<title>Move along now, nothing to see here</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/move-along-now-nothing-to-see-here/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/move-along-now-nothing-to-see-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris sims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=4258</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the Olympic Games safely out of the way, I wondered how long it would be before the looming prospect of the first elections for police and crime commissioners would]]></description>
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		<title>Police commissioners &#8211; another tumbleweed polling day looms</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-commissioners-another-tumbleweed-polling-day-looms/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/police-commissioners-another-tumbleweed-polling-day-looms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Reeves]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Conservative candidate for the post of Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands has called on the media and his rivals to do more to involve the electorate]]></description>
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		<title>Former detective bids to become police commissioner</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/former-detective-bids-to-become-police-commissioner/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/former-detective-bids-to-become-police-commissioner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cath Hannon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Rumble]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A second Independent has entered the race to become the first West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner. Cath Hannon, a former Detective Superintendent with the force, says she has a]]></description>
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		<title>Community Support Officers &#8216;have hands tied&#8217; claim</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/community-support-officers-have-hands-tied-claim/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/community-support-officers-have-hands-tied-claim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police Community Support Officer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Conservative candidate for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner is promising to introduce tough new powers for Police Community Support Officers. Matt Bennett said he would make sure that]]></description>
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		<title>Firms asked to name priorities for new police chief</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/firms-asked-to-name-priorities-for-new-police-chief/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/firms-asked-to-name-priorities-for-new-police-chief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 07:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of businesses are being given the chance to have their say on the top priorities for the West Midland’s first Police and Crime Commissioner. Chambers of commerce representing Birmingham,]]></description>
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		<title>Tory team for PCC roles revealed</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/tory-team-for-pcc-roles-revealed/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/tory-team-for-pcc-roles-revealed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mohammed Arif]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police and crime commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Conservative Party candidate for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, Matt Bennett, has announced his running mate. Walsall councillor Mohammed Arif will become deputy Commissioner if Mr Bennett secures]]></description>
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		<title>Tories make Police Commissioner vote an official secret</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/tories-make-police-commissioner-vote-an-official-secret/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/tories-make-police-commissioner-vote-an-official-secret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An attempt to portray the Conservative Party as modern by using open primary elections in the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner selection process backfired when officials refused to say]]></description>
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		<title>Consultants paid £500,000 to investigate West Midlands police culture</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/consultants-paid-500000-to-investigate-west-midlands-police-culture/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/consultants-paid-500000-to-investigate-west-midlands-police-culture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve McCabe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=3650</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior figures from both Labour and Conservative parties raced to condemn a decision by West Midlands Police to spend almost £500,000 on consultants. The move to pay independent experts to]]></description>
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		<title>Rounding up the usual suspects</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/rounding-up-the-usual-suspects/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/rounding-up-the-usual-suspects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police and crime commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simon Weston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Labour Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Weston, the Falkland&#8217;s War veteran, has abandoned his attempt to become Police and Crime Commissioner in South Wales saying that he was dismayed that the role had already become]]></description>
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		<title>Tory duo in battle for Police Commissioner job</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/tory-duo-in-battle-for-police-commissioner-job/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/tory-duo-in-battle-for-police-commissioner-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Tildesley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[police and crime commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two Conservatives are battling it out to decide who is to be the party’s candidate for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner. Former Birmingham city councillor Matt Bennett and Solihull]]></description>
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		<title>Apathy rules in Police Commissioner contest</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/apathy-rules-in-police-commissioner-contest/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/apathy-rules-in-police-commissioner-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Police and crime commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Labour Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands PCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands Police]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The West Midlands’ first Police and Crime Commissioner is likely to be a Labour politician, but the party faithful have shown little interest in deciding who should fill the £100,000-a-year]]></description>
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		<title>Why I need a deputy, by Labour police commissioner candidate</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/why-i-need-a-deputy-by-labour-police-commissioner-candidate/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/why-i-need-a-deputy-by-labour-police-commissioner-candidate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Midlands PCC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Labour’s candidate for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner has defended his decision to appoint a deputy if he gets the £100,000-a-year post, declaring that “there won’t be enough hours]]></description>
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		<title>No quick fix to &#8216;savage&#8217; £126m police cuts</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/no-quick-fix-to-savage-126m-police-cuts/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/no-quick-fix-to-savage-126m-police-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 11:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Labour’s candidate for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, Bob Jones, has warned that he doesn&#8217;t have a “magic wand” to produce the money required to replace 2,000 coppers whose]]></description>
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		<title>Former councillor Matt Bennett bids to become Police and Crime Commissioner</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/former-councillor-matt-bennett-bids-to-become-police-and-crime-commissioner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathan McGlone]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Police Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Bennett]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former Birmingham City Councillor Matt Bennett has announced his candidacy for the role of Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands. Having failed to retain his council seat in the]]></description>
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