The High Court has rejected a local authority’s claim against a decision by a government minister, acting under powers delegated by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to direct the council to establish a domestic homicide review (DHR) following the death of a woman.

Barking and Dagenham Council will introduce a new selective licensing scheme in April to improve the management and quality of private rental homes across the borough, after taking advantage of a change in legislation – announced in the English Devolution White Paper – that empowers councils to implement larger licensing schemes without seeking government approval.

The Government is to review statutory guidance to make anti-social behaviour case reviews more accessible and effective for victims.

Enfield Council has secured an interim injunction prohibiting dangerous ‘car meets', also known as car cruises, in the London borough.

Court cases against a number of drivers in Bradford who failed to comply with a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO), introduced to take action against anti-social driving, have been dismissed.

An agreement across all 10 boroughs of Greater Manchester has been approved so that victims of domestic abuse can be rehomed in suitable housing in any borough.

The Home Office is to pilot so-called ‘Respect Orders’ that will give the police and local councils powers to ban persistent perpetrators of anti-social behaviour from town centres or from drinking in public places such as high streets and local parks.

Eight out of 10 councils have said that current information sharing agreements between agencies cause delays in taking action against perpetrators of anti-social behaviour (ASB), according to a new report.

Leeds City Council has secured a set of partial closure orders in an attempt to keep three tower blocks free of drug-related crime and anti-social behaviour.

The powers in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 do not go far enough to tackle anti-social behaviour, the Crime and Policing Minister has said.

A civil rights group has claimed that Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) brought in by some local authorities are “criminalising” people for rough sleeping, and has called for local authorities to move away from “sticking plaster solutions”.

Protection zones with a 150 metres radius around abortion clinics will come into force from 31 October, safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has said.

From November, local authorities will be able to apply for new orders against domestic abusers that will include measures such as the imposition of electronic tagging, as part of Government measures set out to combat violence against women and girls.

The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) has found that Telford & Wrekin Council showed poor communication and complaint handling when dealing with concerns that a child had been radicalised online.

A survey of more than 500 victims of anti-social behaviour has found that 63% still face unresolved issues despite reporting their case to a responsible agency such as the police, local authority or housing association.

Bedfordshire Police have rebutted claims by Luton Borough Council that the force’s participation in Channel 4’s 24 Hours in Police Custody series damages the town’s public image.

The High Court has granted six West Midlands councils injunctions to prevent car ‘cruising’ races on public roads. Unusually, the case had 29 defendants, four of them categories of ‘persons unknown’. Wolverhampton City Council and Dudley, Sandwell and Walsall metropolitan borough councils were granted injunctions against persons unknown engaged in unofficial motor races, those present who…

Thanet District Council has rescinded a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), which would have banned abusive language, after a threat of legal action from activist group the Free Speech Union (FSU).

Activist group the Free Speech Union is understood to have threatened Thanet District Council with a judicial review over a public space protection order (PSPO) which prohibits the use of foul or abusive language.

Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones has said that he is due to hear next week how the Home Office will respond to him issuing judicial review proceedings against it over police funding.

A crackdown on anti-social behaviour will be one of the Government’s “six first steps for change”, the Prime Minister has announced.

There are more than 1,200 locations in which controversial anti-protest injunctions apply, research from the BBC has revealed.

A High Court judge has ruled that there should have been “more active collaboration” between the relevant public bodies in a situation where Surrey Police had to make an out of hours urgent application to deprive a man of his liberty in circumstances where he was in the police station.

Environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth has filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), challenging the use of anti-protest injunctions in the UK.

The Government has tabled amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill tightening the definition of ‘nuisance rough sleeping’ after MPs expressed concerns about the breadth of the legislation’s provisions.

A call for evidence has been issued as part of the independent review into the civil unrest that occurred in Leicester in September 2022

The Housing Ombudsman has hailed the response of many social landlords to its October 2022 Spotlight report on noise complaints, saying that 60% of landlords who responded had self-assessed against its recommendations and were implementing an action plan.

Courts can from today (5 April) impose orders to prevent individuals from causing repeated serious disruption.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has voiced concern that proposed amendments to the Renters Reform Bill tabled by the Government could weaken key measures, including the ban on Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions, the redress scheme and essential enforcement measures.