UK police overhaul plan unveiled by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood aims to replace 43 county‑based forces with larger regional organisations and a new National Police Service likened to a British FBI. The move intends to centralise counter‑terrorism, serious crime and major fraud investigations under one umbrella, while scrapping police and crime commissioners in favour of local boards. Critics warn that the scheme risks eroding local accountability, may drive costs, and lacks evidence that bigger forces improve crime clearance. Labour’s ambition to reshape policing is framed as a political rebuke to the previous government’s law‑and‑order record, but opposition stresses the need for checks, balances and detailed costings before implementation.

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