24 March 2016 — Manifesto Club
Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) – THE FIRST NATIONAL SURVEY: WORSE THAN EXPECTED
We have published the first national survey into the use of PSPO powers[1], which finds that councils have created hundreds of bizarre new criminal offences over the past year.
This includes the crime of standing in a pair in Hillingdon, or in a group of three or more under-16s in Bassetlaw; crimes of selling lucky charms in Blackpool or staying for too long in a toilet in Oxford.
The New Dark Age 