New law to sack police who fail background checks after 'absurd' loophole fury

New law to sack police who fail background checks after 'absurd' loophole fury

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said it is 'not acceptable' that officers who fail vetting checks cannot automatically be sacked after legal challenges showed the difficulty in sacking them

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