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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Will Meakin-Durrant

Peers vote to scrap non-crime hate incidents months after Met Police said it would stop investigating them

Peers have voted to scrap non-crime hate incidents almost five months after the Metropolitan Police announced its decision to cease investigating them.

Lord Toby Young of Acton formally proposed the abolition as part of the ongoing Crime and Policing Bill, a legislative piece that still requires further parliamentary scrutiny before it can become law.

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