Crime is rising again. Howard’s remarkable legacy is at risk.

After Brexit has been concluded this will be a key challenge for the Conservatives as the Party of law and order. Political correctness must not get in the way of effective policing.

WATCH: Rudd savages Labour’s record of opposing the police

The Home Secretary was speaking at the Police Federation conference.

Henry Hill: Davidson tells Greens to honour their own manifesto, not the SNP’s

Also: Jones calls for grand council to create a federalist vision for Labour, and Government rebuffs Irish leader over Ulster comments.

David Jones: May will deliver Leave – and is the formidable Prime Minister we need at this time of national challenge

The case for May. Which candidate in these momentous times can you imagine dealing best with the likes of Obama, Merkel and Putin – or terror attacks?

If Mitchell hadn’t sued…

…he would be back in the Cabinet. His decision to do so set the scene for a personal tragedy.

Paul Goodman: Tory Reform 2) Theresa May – Victorian Values in a Modern Setting

She has pared the Home Office back to dealing what she regards as essentials: security policy, border control, policy formation.

Mitchell, Cliff Richard, Rotherham, Aysha and troubling questions about the police

A series of failures or outright abuses strike at the trust which was once a hardwired Conservative value.

Theresa May and the future of the Conservative Party

The police service is one area of the public sector where Conservatives have traditionally outdone Labour in the indulgence of failure

WATCH: Theresa May – “The police must change, and so must the Federation”

The Home Secretary announces to its stunned members that all public funding for the organisation will be scrapped and that reforms will be forced on the service.

Theresa May stops the Police Federation’s taxpayer-funded subsidy

It’s the right decision for the public finances – but there’s a certain sense of justice for Plebgate, too.

Peter Walker: May still has lots to do – the Police Federation could help

Tomorrow, the Home Secretary addresses the body that booed and jeered her two years ago. They need to stop the petty politics and choose reform.