The Home Office has today confirmed the officer recruitment targets for every police force in England and Wales for the first year of the unprecedented drive to increase their ranks by 20,000 over the next three years.
Senior members of the North West Leicestershire Conservatives have blasted Labour councillors for failing to stand up for local communities and protecting the countryside, accusing them of hypocrisy and weakness in housing decisions.At the General Election in July, Labour promised to build 300,000 h