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Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens
Crime

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens

The Big Issue shadowed police officers in Camden and Islington, where there has been success in tackling cuckooing – the practice of taking over someone’s home for exploitation. The trick is that they haven’t done it alone

‘Shocking’: Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021
Rough sleeping

‘Shocking’: Nearly 3,000 homeless people arrested under 200-year-old Vagrancy Act since 2021

The 200-year-old law remains in operation and criminalising rough sleepers despite a Tory promise to scrap it

Met may have apologised for destroying homeless man’s tent – but new laws could see it happen more
Balbir Kaur Chatrik

Met may have apologised for destroying homeless man’s tent – but new laws could see it happen more

The government’s new Criminal Justice Bill is a free pass to draconian interventions on rough sleepers, writes Balbir Kaur Chatrik of Centrepoint

Coronation protests: Thousands set to demonstrate despite Met police warnings
Activism

Coronation protests: Thousands set to demonstrate despite Met police warnings

Should we break up the Met? We asked experts what comes next after the Casey Review
police reform

Should we break up the Met? We asked experts what comes next after the Casey Review

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Tory MP calls for Met Police whistleblowers’ charter after damning Casey Report
Social Justice

Tory MP calls for Met Police whistleblowers’ charter after damning Casey Report

Police have no place in our schools
Dr Shabna Begum

Police have no place in our schools

Police clash with protesters at Million Mask March
News

Police clash with protesters at Million Mask March