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'Recording non-crime hate incidents can be distracting for officers'

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Fresh demands to strengthen hunting law amid Boxing Day parades
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Southern peace talks begin as unions 'push for renationalisation'
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MPs call for housing infrastructure legislation
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CofE gay marriage stance criticised
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Tory plan for new national police force
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Labour inflames Tory spending row
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Don't catch any more thieves - the prisons are FULL, say guards
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Magistrates say they have little to do because of the massive rise in
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16,000 crimes committed by early release prisoners
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Record 2,675 criminals released last month to ease overcrowded prisons
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Criminals freed early are already offending again
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Minister promises to get policemen back out on beat
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One in four children is falling victim to crime
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Prisoners' wages to pay for victims of crime
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You're sloppy! Ministers have to correct 69 'reckless' errors
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Policing Minister Nick Herbert attacks 'elitist' critics
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Labour's £6m police pledge attacked
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'Rehabilitation revolution' planned
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Police chiefs in reform talks
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Concern for stop and search figures
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Counter-terrorism funds cut by £10m
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Tories consider same-sex marriages
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Prisoners to pay victims of crime
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Home Office accused on bail ruling
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Crime-mapping website has expanded
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National police air unit ordered
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Virtual courts free up police time
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Police 'must take share of cuts'
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