pspo

December 10, 2020

Update on our campaigning on PSPOs, Covid wardens, and more…

A Manifesto Club report exposed the ongoing use of ‘busybody’ powers, with more people than ever punished for petty offences by council officers and private security guards. Continue reading

UK

asbo, pspo
October 24, 2018

Nottingham – Steals From the Poor – Gives to the Rich By J.C.

Human rights campaigning organisation Liberty has called on Nottingham City Council to abandon plans which will penalise some of the city’s most vulnerable people – and anyone trying to help them. Continue reading

UK

pspo
September 27, 2017

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

Liberties, UK

anti-social behaviour, pspo
November 15, 2016

CPNS – THE CRIME OF CRYING IN YOUR OWN HOME

Our new report found that CPNs have been used to order people to cut their lawn or clean their windows, as well as to target the homeless and prevent them from sleeping or entering certain areas. CPNs have even been issued banning people from crying or arguing in their own home. Continue reading

Liberties, UK

asbo, pspo
October 2, 2015

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

Liberties, UK

anti-social behaviour, pspo
November 16, 2013

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

UK

anti-social behaviour, asbo, pspo

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The richest 1% owns more than TWICE as much wealth as 6.9 billion people and the super-rich one percent of the world’s population has accumulated twice as much wealth as the remaining 90 percent, global charity Oxfam said in a newly-released report. The world’s richest 1% emit double the carbon of the poorest 50%, the 2020 Oxfam study found.

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