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Police in Thames Valley, West Midlands, Merseyside and Sussex will trial the new orders, which give police powers to stop and search convicted knife carriers.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The government has today announced a further £35.5 million to help Violence Reduction Units across the country tackle serious violence and prevent young people being drawn into it.
Letter from Kit Malthouse MP to Professor Owen Bowden-Jones, Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).
Project ADDER is part of a drive by the UK Government to cut down on drug-related crime and violence.
Home Office engineers work to restore data lost from the Police National Computer
Measures to keep dangerous weapons off the streets are a step closer today with the opening of a surrender scheme, under prohibitions introduced in the Offensive Weapons Act.
Consultation proposes new controls on air weapons, miniature rifle ranges, and high-powered firearms.
The new measures target antique firearms used in violent crime and mean that up to 26,000 guns will now require firearms licences.
Crime and Policing Minister Kit Malthouse and Public Health Minister Jo Churchill today (Thursday 17 September) hosted a meeting to discuss key issues around illicit drugs.
Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) are designed to ensure repeat offenders are more likely to be caught and put in prison.
A review of the evidence of use and harms of novel benzodiazepines.
Crime and Policing Minister Kit Malthouse has today announced that 3 benzodiazepines will be made Class C drugs.
Thirty-five police and crime commissioners (PCCs) are to receive funding from a £25 million scheme to crack down on burglary and theft in crime hotspots.
The Home Office has today published its response to a call for evidence on the issue.
The government will launch a surrender scheme for certain firearms and weapons after legislation has been put to parliament making them unlawful to own.
A letter from the Minister of State for Fire and Policing to the ACMD, in response to the recommendation to Schedule Epidyolex.
Home Office will invest £7 million each year to make the service free.
The Home Office has announced today (Wednesday 4 March) that from next month new powers to tackle knife crime will be piloted by the Metropolitan Police.
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