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The Home Office has held a joint event with the NPCC to bring together law enforcement, government, retailers and medical experts to tackle the issue of ‘acid attacks’.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid will give police new powers to stop and search anyone suspected of carrying a corrosive substance in public.
Victims and survivors will be at the centre of a new government strategy aimed at reducing the number and impact of acid attacks.
Some of the country’s largest retailers and independent business leaders have pledged not to sell the most harmful corrosive substances to those under 18.
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First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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