Politics Seeing is believing: what happened when we asked volunteers to watch 30 rape trials It can be hard to scrutinise the workings of the courts - so police and crime commissioner Vera Baird decided to try something different. By Vera Baird
Labour will focus on tackling domestic violence – new research could help A Police and Crime Commissioner is making the case for domestic violence perpetrator programmes. By Vera Baird
The unacceptable situation at Yarl’s Wood calls for an independent inquiry It is right that Labour has committed to hold an inquiry. By Vera Baird
If Labour scraps Police and Crime Commissioners, it will be rowing back on democracy The Labour Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Northumbria calls on Labour to retain PCCs, or a variant of… By Vera Baird