anti-social behaviour
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Manifesto Club newsletter – fined for charity Christmas lunch posters
20 December 2018 — Manifesto Club Fined for charity Christmas lunch posters, ban on wearing bikini in own home, Nottingham council’s PSPO, Defra cracks down on private ‘litter police’, and more… Continue reading
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Manifesto Club newsletter – Busybodies’ Charter – A Three-Year Review
A new Manifesto Club report gives a scary account of three years of Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) powers. We found that 189 new PSPOs have been passed in the past 16 months, meaning that nearly half of all UK authorities now have an order in place. These include: Sunderland’s ban on ‘bin raking’; Southampton’s… Continue reading
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Manifesto Club: The first national survey of PSPOs; vetting for school governors and supporting actors; and more…
We have published the first national survey into the use of PSPO powers, 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… Continue reading
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UK: BRIEFING DOCUMENT – COUNCILS CRIMINALISING YOUTH ACTIVITIES
Online briefing: Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) – which give councils powers to ban activities which have a ‘detrimental effect’ on the ‘quality of life’ – are increasingly being used to target youth activities such as skateboarding, swimming, or even just gathering in groups. Continue reading
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The End of Public Space: One Law to Ban Them All By Josie Appleton
The idea of public space, as it developed in the modern period, was space for the free use and enjoyment of the citizenry. The temper and character of public space should be determined not by any private or public authority, but by the ways in which people choose to use it. A bill currently passing… Continue reading
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Police State UK: UK local councils to be given power to ban peaceful protests – report
As the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill passes through British parliament, campaign groups warn it is “shockingly open-ended” and could prevent peaceful demonstrations, as well as forbid youngsters from skateboarding or using local parks. Continue reading
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NEW ASBO LAWS POSE GRAVE THREAT TO PUBLIC FREEDOM
The new anti-social behaviour legislation announced in the Queen’s speech makes all this look very mild. Every draconian power has been replaced with something far worse. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 