All fire functions have been transferred from the Home Office to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government from the beginning of this month, the Government has announced.

Croydon town centre is to get the Metropolitan Police’s first batch of static facial recognition cameras.

A selective licensing scheme due to be implemented in Scunthorpe has been delayed following a legal challenge from local landlords seeking a judicial review of the decision.

The Government is to include a ban on ‘cuckooing’ and a standalone offence of child criminal exploitation (CCE) in its Crime and Policing Bill, which is to be introduced in Parliament in the next week.

The High Court will next week conduct a review hearing of an injunction banning street racing in the Black Country.

Manchester City Council can proceed with evictions at a tent encampment in St Peter’s Square, a judge has ruled.

Liberty, Streets Kitchen and the Museum of Homelessness have published a new guide setting out how individuals can appeal a Community Protection Notice (CPNs) if they are issued one.

Transport for London (TfL) has launched a consultation on how it plans to regulate pedicabs for the first time, having been given the power to do so through the Pedicabs (London) Act 2024.

A protester has been ordered to pay more than £7,500 after failing to comply with a public space protection order (PSPO), which created a designated safe zone outside a reproductive health clinic in Ealing.

The Home Office has announced plans to develop a new framework for locally-led inquiries into child sexual abuse – working with Oldham Council and up to four other pilot areas as a “first step”.

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.