The Guardian view on reforming the police: Labour’s sprawling plan comes with risks attached | Editorial
The police, said the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, in the House of Commons on Monday, is “the last great unreformed public service”. Her white paper aims to redraw the policing map of England and Wales (policing is devolved in Scotland and Northern Ireland). If she succeeds, the current patchwork will be replaced by a multi-tier…