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The majority of staff have seen an increase in numbers of particularly vulnerable children in the past five years.

Nearly 2,000 police officers voluntarily left the service over the past 12 months – an increase of 31 per cent over the past four years.

The Government should invest the millions of pounds spent on police overtime in employing more officers, says the Police Federation of England and Wales.

Women are still being failed in many areas of life, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned in its largest ever review of women’s rights.