Guidance for police on sharing suspects' ethnicity must change, home secretary says
Published: 8/5/2025
Yvette Cooper calls for 'more transparency' over suspects' background information following the alleged rape of a 12-year-old in Warwickshire. Cooper believes guidance for police on sharing immigration status and ethnicity of suspects should change, amid calls for more disclosure. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and others are pushing for greater transparency in cases involving suspects charged with crimes. The two men charged in the Warwickshire case are reportedly Afghan, with allegations that they are asylum seekers, but police have not confirmed this information.
