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Confiscated and surrendered drugs will be tested to identify toxic substances in circulation and help prevent drug-related overdoses.
Rough sleepers will be offered greater support as the government takes action to support the most vulnerable while still tackling antisocial behaviour.
The government will invest a further £4 million to tackle the scourge of knife crime, the Home Secretary has announced.
The government responds to the ACMD's report on recently encountered novel benzodiazepines and related compounds.
Government response to the report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on acyl piperazine opioids, including 2-methyl-AP-237.
The government will place 6 new synthetic opioids under the strictest level of control.
Consultation launched to strengthen safeguards for child strip search including the requirement to notify parents and guardians when a child is strip searched.
Government responds to the Policing Productivity Review.
Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire promotes the UK’s balanced approach towards tackling drug use, with a focus on the challenge of synthetic opioids.
Chief constables will chair police misconduct hearing panels.
Licensing reform will maximise the economic and environmental potential of the crop.
The government commissions the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to review the fees applicable under the hemp licensing regime.
The expansion of testing on arrest across England and Wales has seen nearly 100,000 drug tests on suspects whose behaviour was believed to have been driven by their drug abuse.
Government response to the report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on xylazine, medetomidine and detomidine.
Fifteen additional synthetic opioids are now under the strictest controls to prevent drug related deaths and ensure anyone caught supplying them faces tough penalties.
Family members of police officers, firefighters and other public servants who have died in public service will be recognised by a new emblem.
A call for evidence has been launched to ask whether current crossbow laws need to be strengthened, as the government continues action to prevent violence
Police will be given powers to arrest protesters who wear face coverings to threaten others and avoid prosecution, and pyrotechnics will be banned at protests.
Border Force have made the highest number of illegal drug seizures since records began, as action at the border helps stop illegal drugs reaching the country.
The government responds to advice from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) on preventing drug misuse among vulnerable groups of people.
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