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Controversial anti-terror legislation may be scrapped
28-day detention ‘to join the scrapheap’

By Peter Wozniak The power to detain terrorism suspects for 28 days without charge may be a thing of the past in a matter of months. A report in the Independent newspaper suggests the controversial legislation, emblematic of the counter-terrorism approach of the Blair premiership, is being considered for the scrapheap. The move would be… Read more »

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Action on anti-social behaviour vulnerable to spending cuts
Anti-social behaviour blame game intensifies

By Alex Stevenson Theresa May and Alan Johnson have embarked on a war of words over anti-social behaviour, after the police’s watchdog questioned officers’ commitment to tackling the problem. HM inspector of constabulary, Sir Denis O’Connor, argued in a report that failing to monitor anti-social behaviour levels has created a mismatch between police behaviour and… Read more »