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Logo beltelMandelson’s role in watering down Patten policing reforms is still being felt today

Some recommendations set out in a report in 1999 were sliced and diced by the then Secretary of State

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Allison Morris
Allison MorrisCrime Correspondent

Figures linked to the latest PSNI recruitment drive show yet another dip in the number of Catholics applying to join the service.

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