Iain Dale: A revitalised and purposeful May heads for the Welsh hills to call an election (just kidding, folks)

Plus: Gauke’s failure, UKIP chaos, Salmond’s Russia Today shame, Corbyn’s anti-semitism debacle…and an invitation if you live near Bath.

Judy Terry: In Suffolk, public services are working together to defeat gang violence

Security has tightened at nightclubs, and volunteers work with the Police to protect the most vulnerable youngsters as well as the homeless.

The Grand Old Duke of Gauke should have stuck with his instincts on the Worboys case

All credit to the brave victims who brought the legal challenge, and to those who backed them. But the Government should have fought the decision in the first place.

Rory Geoghegan: A plan to free vulnerable women from a life of crime

Many women’s lives could be transformed by the right approach – this issue must not be neglected or forgotten amid bigger and more newsworthy events.

Oliver Freeston: Labour councils always blame “the cuts” to dodge focus on their management failings

In North East Lincolnshire we see lots of complicated and unnecessary strategies being adopted – while there is a failure to get the basics right.

James Frayne: Stop and Search. Controversial, yes – but necessary.

One of the complaints that came up from the groups I ran – particularly from those from minority communities – is that some people get treated more leniently than others.

Paul Mercer: Standing up to ‘hate crime’ mission creep

It is a serious issue – but by forever expanding the definition to include anyone who perceives that they have been insulted for any reason ultimately undermines our ability to address the most serious cases.

Ben Roback: Trump, of all people, might open a crack in the previously unassailable bar on reforming gun laws

The NRA’s influence remains formidable – but the temptation to appear to be a bipartisan dealmaker might be an even more powerful influence on the President.

Shaun Bailey: The Mayor is failing on knife crime, Londoners deserve better

The Metropolitan Police Service should be a world leader in embracing innovative technology, yet it’s often years behind other law enforcement agencies.

Iain Dale: The language used by both sides in the Brexit debate is hardening and coarsening

Plus: Soubry may quit the Tories, which I would regret. And: Why Labour’s silence on 100 years of votes for working class men?

WATCH: “Crime is at record low levels”…”crime is up” – May and Corbyn clash over law and order

“This is a Government that is actually protecting police budgets,” the Prime Minister insisted, while the Labour leader alleged the opposite.

David Davies: Now that we’re leaving the EU, we must also quit the European Arrest Warrant

The EAW is based on the flawed presumption of judicial parity between European nations. The UK should forge a new partnership where this is actually the case.

The decision not to challenge the release of Worboys further erodes Tory credentials on law and order

Gauke should have fought and lost rather than not have fought at all. But the wider concern is that the “system” is on the side of the criminal rather than the victim.

Iain Dale: Help me and others to get justice for Worboys’ victims

Plus: Corbyn’s lack of private sector experience. And, come to think of it, his lack of public sector experience. And: justice for Worboys’ victims.

Neil Stock: Councils need to help the police defeat crime

We nicknamed our Community Safety Partnership Hub the Al Capone Group – remembering that notorious gangster was actually sent to prison for tax evasion.