Inside politics - Green policies get the blue rinse
'Green policies will only be adopted if they do not cost the voter - not so much the Tories ditching the huskies as catching a ride with them only if they are going their way'
In the 41 elections to posts in each police authority, the hope is for a kaleidoscope of colourful characters angling for the police budget – unringfenced by central government – to set policing plans