Smith to slash police restrictions
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Home secretary's reforms designed to increase local accountability and cut form-filling bureaucracy
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New civil orders could be used to restrict the activities of people suspected of planning terrorist acts, David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, said yesterday.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair plans to push through a new antiterrorism law before he steps down next month that would give police wartime powers to stop and question people, The Sunday Times of London reported today.
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The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, today signalled tougher powers for police to confiscate alcohol from under-18s as part of a crackdown on teenage street drinking
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A Â£20,000 reward is offered as UK police start a major crackdown on female genital mutilation.
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Radical plans to make police more accountable to their communities are to be unveiled on Tuesday.
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The government is planning to create tougher punishments for those who kill people while driving.
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Chief Constable Hugh Orde decides that more than half the PSNI's full-time reserve will be cut.
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Labour leader Gordon Brown plans to reduce the influence of trade unions in the party, the BBC learns.
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Bureaucracy is a major drain on police resources and thousands of officers should be back on the streets combating crime instead of filling in lengthy forms, according to a sweeping review of the future of policing in England and Wales.
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New rules limiting the number of mainland women hoping to give birth in Hong Kong will soon take effect.
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Parents to be targeted in new crackdown after the ban, says medical chief.
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The city's police commission unveiled a plan Tuesday aimed at discouraging officers from using flashlights as weapons, except in emergencies.
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Medical chiefs call for a crackdown on cheap drink sales and a ban on alcohol advertising at sporting and entertainment events.
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Tony Blair is set to announce measures aimed at tackling the wave of gun crime sweeping British cities.Comment
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New measures to fight crime and drugs are expected to be at the heart of the Queen's Speech on Tuesday.
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Gordon Brown is set to back greater stop-and-search powers in his Labour conference speech