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Rules and guidance for prison staff on controlling items being brought into, taken out of and kept within prisons.
The government has introduced a new ban on zombie-style knives and machetes that have no practical use and will give police more powers to seize knives.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of eight drawings now in the possession of the Samuel Courtauld Trust (757)
Trends in cautioning and sentencing of knife and offensive weapon offences.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Church on 29 April 2024
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