PCC election

Another PPC candidate to be investigated after campaign material complaints

Just weeks after we revealed that complaints had been made about the use of certain images in one PCC candidate's campaign material, another is also now being investigated for...

Labour PCC candidate blames incomplete legal notice on agent

Labour’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidate for Bedfordshire has said he will be “accountable and transparent” if elected and blamed an incomplete legal notice on one...

PCC candidates respond to Government “crack down” on retail crime

Candidates to be Bedfordshire’s next police and crime commissioner have responded to the prime minister’s action to “crack down on retail crime and protect UK high streets”. The plans announced by...

Just four candidates for 2024 Bedfordshire PCC elections

The four candidates for next month’s Bedfordshire police and crime commissioner election have been announced. There are four candidates for the role of representing Bedfordshire...

Lib Dems stick with Jas Parmar for PCC candidate

Bedfordshire's Liberal Democrats have re-selected Jas Parmar as their candidate in the forthcoming Police and Crime Commissioner elections in the area. The former police officer was selected for...

Bedfordshire PCC asks Bedfordians to vote for his track record

Bedfordshire’s police and crime commissioner (PCC), Festus Akinbusoye, has said it’s “quite amazing” what he has achieved during his three years in the role. He told the Local...

Festus Akinbusoye says he’s seeking a second term as Bedfordshire PCC

Festsus Akinbusoye, Bedfordshire's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), has said he wishes to stand again as the Conservative PCC candidate in the forthcoming elections this May...

Lib Dems say costs of Bedfordshire PCC would be better spent on community policing

The Liberal Democrat Party has claimed that the costs to run Bedfordshire’s Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) would be “better invested” in community policing...

Police and Crime Commissioner Elections: Candidate Interviews – Jas Parmar

LibDem candidate, Jas Parmar, is 63-years-old and has lived in the mid-Bedfordshire village of Clifton for over 33 years. He served as a police officer in the Metropolitan Police and as well as...

PCC candidate continued campaign despite “respectful pause” for Prince Philip

A prospective Police and Crime Commissioner has faced criticism for continuing his election campaign despite an all-party agreement to pause...

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