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Public sexual harassment law will come if there is ‘clear need’, minister says

The Government will make new laws to make public sexual harassment a crime if it is “clear” that is needed. Home Office minister Rachel Maclean said the Government would bring forward a law to criminalise catcalling, pressing against someone in a ...

28 Feb 2022 at 19:55

Attacks and abuse of shopworkers tripled during pandemic

Violence and abuse against shopworkers more than tripled over the pandemic as they enforced social distancing and face mask restrictions, according to new figures. Abuse levels soared despite far fewer shops being open due to the closure of ...

31 May 2022 at 01:01

Pardons scheme extended to all gay sex convictions imposed under repealed laws

Any conviction that was imposed on someone purely due to consensual homosexual activity under now-abolished laws will be included in a scheme aimed at “righting the wrongs of the past”, the Home Secretary is set to announce. Priti Patel ...

04 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Johnson says we should ‘preserve our cultural, artistic and historical legacy’

The Prime Minister said people should not “go around seeking retrospectively to change our history” after four people were cleared of tearing down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol. Rhian Graham, 30, Milo Ponsford, 26, ...

06 Jan 2022 at 14:55

Damaging public property ‘will never be acceptable’ in Britain – Grant Shapps

Britain is not a country where “destroying public property can ever be acceptable”, a Government minister has said, after four people were cleared of tearing down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston. The Transport Secretary Grant ...

06 Jan 2022 at 10:55

Charles to deliver Queen’s Speech as the monarch misses State Opening

The Prince of Wales will read the Queen’s Speech for the first time as the monarch misses the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in almost 60 years. The Queen, 96, pulled out of the ceremonial occasion – when she reads ...

10 May 2022 at 01:25

Ministers in new crackdown on ‘guerrilla’ protest tactics

The Government is to set out plans to crack down on disruptive “guerrilla protests” when it unveils its legislative programme for the new parliamentary session. A Public Order Bill will outlaw tactics such as protesters “locking ...

09 May 2022 at 23:55

New measures to ‘dynamise’ the economy in Queen’s Speech, says Government

The Queen’s Speech will contain new measures to “dynamise” the UK to ensure people can pay the bills, a Government minister has said. But while policing minister Kit Malthouse acknowledged Government “alarm” at predictions of ...

10 May 2022 at 10:55

Peers’ mauling of Government protest crackdown ‘disappointing’ says No 10

Downing Street defended measures to tackle protesters’ “guerrilla tactics” after peers gutted the legislation with a series of defeats for the Government. Home Secretary Priti Patel accused peers of siding with “vandals and ...

18 Jan 2022 at 16:26

Lords urged to back changes to ‘anti-protest bill’

Peers are being urged to back an amendment to a controversial bill that campaigners say could prohibit large-scale demonstrations from taking place in Westminster. The House of Lords on Monday will consider the Police, ...

17 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Raab suggests Government would bring back measures against noisy protests

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has suggested the Government would bring back controversial measures against noisy protests in the wake of a string of defeats in the Lords. On Monday, peers backed by 261 votes to ...

18 Jan 2022 at 11:25

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