MSPs get serious over crime plan
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Moves to crack down on serious crime are expected to spark a political row over the powers of Holyrood.
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The DUP calls for an investigation into SDLP's claims it ensured the  appointment of  the PSNI chief constable.
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Experts are to encourage local authorities  to toughen up their approach to tackling anti-social behaviour.
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Police step up their presence in worst-hit areas and threaten to bring the 'might of the law' down on thieves.
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A special operation to try to halt the rise in teenage murders is announced by the Head of the Metropolitan Police.
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Home secretary pledges local crime figures and drive to cut offending through better designed technology.
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Criminals in Northern Ireland are targeted by a reinforced team of special police financial investigators.
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The presiding officer writes to MSPs to tell them Holyrood security will be stepped up after a newspaper expose.
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A row over the bugging of a MP has reignited debate about how far the country has gone towards becoming a "Big Brother" surveillance state.
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Britainâs top police officer today called for an urgent updating of the law to protect householders who use force to defend their homes against criminals - even if it involves killing the intruder.
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Significant breaches of data security due to recklessness or impropriety should be made a criminal offence, a committee of MPs said Thursday.
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By NO BYLINE  A NEW report from MSPs has backed an overhaul of marine legislation, citing the Forth ship-to-ship oil transfer plans as a good example of why change is needed.
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Home Secretary John Reid, who is trying to stop a wave of gun crime that has left four people dead in three weeks, said Thursday that the government may demand harsher sentences for gunmen who are also gang members.
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But wacko ideas don't fix dud IT systems Analysis Home Office proposals on "multi-agency information sharing", leaked to the Times this week, say that council, NHS and care staff should be given a statutory obligation to pass on information about anyone they think might commit violent crimes in the future.â¦
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Gordon Brown last night moved to tackle growing public fears over knife crime by ordering police to prosecute, rather than caution, anyone caught carrying knives
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The Scottish government will outline its new plans to deal with sex offenders.
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Higher earners could face increased fines for minor offences under government plans.