Blair signals police retreat.TONY Blair Noun 1. Tony Blair - British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Blair attempted to retreat over controversial plans to merge police services as the chair of West Mercia Constabulary West Mercia Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the counties of Shropshire (including Telford and Wrekin), Herefordshire and Worcestershire in England. urged MPs to save the force. The Prime Minister backed proposals to save smaller forces by allowing them to form partnerships with larger neighbours instead of being swallowed up. His comments were a direct contradiction of Home Office policy, which is that only full mergers will be considered. But the Government's position was thrown into confusion when Mr Blair was then contradicted by a Home Office official. Meanwhile, Home Office Minister Hazel Blears said the West Midlands West Midlands, former metropolitan county, central England. Created in the 1974 local government reorganization, the county embraced the Birmingham conurbation and comprised seven metropolitan districts: Walsall, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Birmingham, Solihull, forces could be among the first to be merged. She said that the Government would be prepared to go ahead with a phased approach to the creation of the new strategic forces. |
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