Home Secretary under fire ahead of Armistice Day pro-Palestine protest Hundreds of thousands of people are expected take to the streets of London for the march, which coincides with Armistice Day. The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2023
Braverman’s comments on police bias unacceptable, says Police Federation Steve Hartshorn, national chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said that ‘policing must be free of politics’. The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2023
Decision for Met officer who shot man to face misconduct hearing ‘unreasonable’ Jermaine Baker was killed during a Metropolitan Police operation to stop prisoners being freed near Wood Green Crown Court in December 2015. The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023
Record numbers of police officers quitting amid staffing ‘crisis’ Police Federation warns of ‘recruitment and retention crisis’ amid anger over pay and conditions The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023
Police pay rise of 7% is a step in right direction but falls short – federation Officers will get extra pay this year, the Government has announced. The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023
Police backlash as federation chief accepts Met is ‘institutionally’ racist and sexist Steve Hartshorn pitted himself against Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley Evening Standard · Apr 20, 2023
Police federation chief accepts Met is institutionally racist, misogynistic, and homophobic ‘Acceptance is the first step to moving on,’ Steve Hartshorn says The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023
Police federation chief accepts Met is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic The head of the Police Federation of England and Wales has said he accepts the Metropolitan police is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. Evening Standard · Apr 19, 2023
Police Federation chair accepts Met is institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic Steve Hartshorn says making his personal views public is an act of ‘leadership’, after damning Casey report The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2023
‘Nearly one in five police officers planning to quit in next two years’ The Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents more than 130,000 officers, published the results of its Pay and Morale Survey. The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023
Police have ‘grave concern’ at driving ambulances during paramedic strike ‘Police are not ambulance drivers or qualified paramedics’ – the Police Federation. Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2022
Police officers express ‘grave concerns’ at covering ambulance strikes Chair of Police Federation says request to drive ambulances comes as forces already overstretched The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022
Police asked to drive ambulances as paramedics strike ‘Police are not ambulance drivers or qualified paramedics’ – the Police Federation. The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2022
Call to end use of gagging orders to silence victims of police misogyny Chief constables most to blame for crises sapping legitimacy of policing, says Police Federation leader The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2022
Daily Mirror · Oct 15, 2022 Cash-strapped police officers unable to afford rent in beat areas forced to sleep in cars Tonight Andy Standing, secretary of the Sussex branch, said some police officers have slept in their cars and vans. The Police Federation was alarmed to receive reports of the desperate measures
Daily Mirror · Aug 20, 2022 New cops' federation chief blasts years of Tory underfunding as he says 'policing is broken' Police Federation chair Steve Hartshorn says morale among officers is at an all-time low with some using food vouchers because of the cost of living crisis
Daily Mirror · Aug 3, 2022 Police officers using food banks to feed families as they fight crime AND poverty Despite a recent £1,900 flat wage increase across all police ranks in England and Wales thousands of officers are now fighting poverty as well as crime
Manchester Evening News · May 18, 2022 Priti Patel confronted by struggling police officer who says she has to borrow money from her mum The Home Secretary was told some officers were having to go to food banks
The Independent UK · May 17, 2022 ‘I’ve done nothing but serve the public’: Detective considering leaving policing because she ‘can’t afford to live’ on pay Detective who investigates child abuse cases says she would be better off working part-time in card shop