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| The home secretary, Theresa May, has launched a desperate effort get out the vote as she urged the public to take part in Thursday's police and crime commissioners elections across England and Wales. | The home secretary, Theresa May, has launched a desperate effort get out the vote as she urged the public to take part in Thursday's police and crime commissioners elections across England and Wales. |
| She insisted on the Andrew Marr programme: "They will have more of a democratic mandate than the police authorities they are replacing." | She insisted on the Andrew Marr programme: "They will have more of a democratic mandate than the police authorities they are replacing." |
| There are fears that the turnout will plummet below 15%, raising questions about the wisdom of holding the elections at all. | There are fears that the turnout will plummet below 15%, raising questions about the wisdom of holding the elections at all. |
| She also insisted there would be a clear distinction in the role of the chief constable and the crime commissioner, saying experience in London had shown it was possible for the mayor to have strategic responsibility for budgets, and for the Metropolitan police commissioner to have operational charge. | She also insisted there would be a clear distinction in the role of the chief constable and the crime commissioner, saying experience in London had shown it was possible for the mayor to have strategic responsibility for budgets, and for the Metropolitan police commissioner to have operational charge. |
| With Labour claiming the turnout will be so low that the elections will be deemed a shambles, May said the quality of the new democratic institution in the British political landscape would be judged by how police commissioners performed rather than by how large a democratic mandate they secured. | With Labour claiming the turnout will be so low that the elections will be deemed a shambles, May said the quality of the new democratic institution in the British political landscape would be judged by how police commissioners performed rather than by how large a democratic mandate they secured. |
| But in an index of the lack of national media interest in the elections, the bulk of her set-piece interview on the Marr programme was taken up by other issues such as immigration, the fate of the BBC and Nadine Dorries, the suspended Tory backbencher who is appearing on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. May said Dorries should not be in the jungle but in Westminster. | But in an index of the lack of national media interest in the elections, the bulk of her set-piece interview on the Marr programme was taken up by other issues such as immigration, the fate of the BBC and Nadine Dorries, the suspended Tory backbencher who is appearing on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. May said Dorries should not be in the jungle but in Westminster. |
| Elections will be held in all 41 police force areas in England and Wales outside London on 15 November. It is expected that the Conservatives will do well in the elections, which more broadly mirror county councils than any other boundary. | Elections will be held in all 41 police force areas in England and Wales outside London on 15 November. It is expected that the Conservatives will do well in the elections, which more broadly mirror county councils than any other boundary. |
| Labour has been warning that the police and crime panels – bodies including local councillors – do not have enough powers to prevent the elected police commissioner making decisions on the privatisation of parts of the police force. May said the panels would prevent the commissioners from making "improper" decisions over the hiring and firing of chief constables. | Labour has been warning that the police and crime panels – bodies including local councillors – do not have enough powers to prevent the elected police commissioner making decisions on the privatisation of parts of the police force. May said the panels would prevent the commissioners from making "improper" decisions over the hiring and firing of chief constables. |
| In a bid to get voters to the polls, she promised in the Sun: "Commissioners will be able to make sure you have a say over punishments for criminals. Under our new antisocial behaviour plans, if somebody guilty of causing trouble in your community is given a non-custodial sentence, the local commissioner will have to give the victim a choice over the punishment handed down." | In a bid to get voters to the polls, she promised in the Sun: "Commissioners will be able to make sure you have a say over punishments for criminals. Under our new antisocial behaviour plans, if somebody guilty of causing trouble in your community is given a non-custodial sentence, the local commissioner will have to give the victim a choice over the punishment handed down." |
| She added: "I know that some people have been critical of the government for holding these elections, but what our critics are really saying is: 'You can't trust the public to oversee policing.' | She added: "I know that some people have been critical of the government for holding these elections, but what our critics are really saying is: 'You can't trust the public to oversee policing.' |
| "They complain people might elect an extremist or the commissioners might pursue 'populist' policies, whatever that means. I reject this elitist snobbery. The vast majority of people in this country want to get on with their lives, do the right thing, live within the law and earn a living for their families." | "They complain people might elect an extremist or the commissioners might pursue 'populist' policies, whatever that means. I reject this elitist snobbery. The vast majority of people in this country want to get on with their lives, do the right thing, live within the law and earn a living for their families." |
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