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More than 1,000 buildings unsafe five years after Grenfell – LFB chief

London Fire Brigade Commissioner Andy Roe welcomed new Government legislation but highlighted persisting concerns about fire safety in the capital.

The Independent UK

‘Pro-police’ Patel to give Taser powers to special constables

The Home Secretary announced the move during a speech at the annual Police Federation conference in Manchester.

The Independent UK

Priti Patel to allow volunteer police officers to carry Tasers

Special constables will have to undergo same training as regular officers to be issued with weapons

The Independent UK

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Volunteer Special Constables will be allowed to use Tasers for the first time

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has previously noted black people are more likely to be Tasered for prolonged periods of time than white people.

Daily Mirror

Special constables to be given access to stun guns in new crime measures

Volunteer officers will be allowed to use electroshock weapons, as part of flurry of crime initiatives in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Volunteer police officers to be given Taser powers to boost defence

Priti Patel is expected to call for ‘higher standards’ in the police, arguing that the public are in ‘urgent need of reassurance’.

The Independent UK

Private papers show extent of row between Patel and police leaders

Home Office plans have been described as a power grab by chief constables and crime commissioners

The Guardian - UK

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What is Section 60 as Priti Patel lifts stop and search restrictions?

Home secretary Priti Patel has permanently lifted restrictions on stop and search powers.

Evening Standard

Talking Point: What do you think of plans to remove rules restricting police use of stop and search?

Home Secretary Priti Patel is easing restrictions on when police can employ controversial stop and search tactics to take weapons off the streets.

Evening Standard

Tory minister admits 'I need another coffee' after stats struggle in awkward interview

Rachel Maclean was grilled over changes to stop-and-search powers by her boss Priti Patel - and gave the wrong figures before saying she didn't have them in front of her

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel set to give herself more powers to ‘intervene’ in policing

Proposed changes to protocol governing home secretary’s powers would ‘lower threshold’ for intervention

The Independent UK

Priti Patel at centre of stop and search ‘Section 60’ row

Thousands of knives have been taken off London’s streets in the past four years by methods including stop and search, the Met announced on Monday as a row broke out over a decision by Priti Patel to ease some curbs on the power.

Evening Standard

‘Priti Patel’s Rwanda plan won’t stop us crossing’ — inside the migrant crisis escalating in the Channel

Critics deem it expensive and counter-productive — but is the Government’s new scheme even workable? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

Home Office minister struggles to answer questions about stop-and-search changes

Rachel Maclean admitted she did not have a briefing paper in front of her for the interview.

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Priti Patel lifts restrictions on controversial police stop-and-search powers

Stop-and-search powers are disproportionately used against black communities. In the year to March 2021, black people were 7x more likely to be stopped and searched than white people.

The Independent UK

Priti Patel makes it easier for police to use controversial stop and search powers

Home secretary says it will be ‘easier for officers to use these powers to seize more weapons, arrest more suspects and save more lives’

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel lifts restrictions on police stop and search powers

Home secretary announces the end of limitations on use of section 60 powers where serious violence anticipated

The Independent UK

Home Secretary permanently lifts restrictions on police stop-and-search powers

More officers can now authorise the tactics when they anticipate serious violence ‘may’ occur, and the measures can be in force for longer.

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The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel accused of ‘power grab’ over new policing proposals

Exclusive: chief constables and commissioners criticise plans to make it easier for home secretary to intervene

The Guardian - UK

Disrupting a Conservative dinner will not help asylum seekers

Letter: White, often middle class, activists are applauded for media stunts while migrant voices go unheard, writes Katya Sharifi-Nia

The Independent UK

Home secretary Priti Patel overrode legal advice in asylum cases, adding to record costs

Exclusive: Home office sources say Priti Patel overrode legal advice that cases would fail, pushing up rising legal bills

Evening Standard

Protestors ambush Kwasi Kwarteng at business lunch over energy crisis

Protestors disrupted a business lunch Kwasi Kwarteng was having on Friday just a week after invading a Tory dinner during Priti Patel’s speech.

Daily Record

SNP accused of 'sheer hypocrisy' over Fergus Ewing bullying claims probe

Nicola Sturgeon's Government is declining to reveal the outcome of the case, but her party demanded transparency over Tory bullying claims

Daily Mirror

Sadiq Khan sets up new body to look at whether cannabis should be decriminalised

The London mayor has set up a Drugs Commission to look at whether laws on cannabis are effective - but that provoked a furious response from Priti Patel as he has no power to change them

The Independent UK

Priti Patel rebukes Khan over plans to consider legalising cannabis

Home Secretary Priti Patel said London mayor Sadiq Khan’s time would ‘be better spent’ focusing on tackling crime in the capital

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