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The Online Safety Bill will help protect young people and clamp down on racist abuse online, while safeguarding freedom of expression.

• Updated: 14 May 2021

The Digital Secretary has laid out the scope of the new Bill — to keep people safe online, tackle illegal and harmful content and protect freedom of expression.

• Updated: 11 May 2021

The biggest shake-up of terrorist sentencing and monitoring in decades has been granted Royal Assent today (29 April 2021) – giving the courts, police and security services greater powers to protect the public.

• Updated: 29 April 2021

The new Terms of Reference for the Independent Review of Prevent were published today, 22 March 2021.

• Updated: 22 March 2021

Letter from William Shawcross, Independent Reviewer of Prevent, to the Guardian.

• Updated: 11 March 2021

Letter from William Shawcross, Independent Reviewer of Prevent, to members of the Prevent network.

• Updated: 9 March 2021

Protect Duty is part of the Government’s commitment to improving protective security and preparedness at public places

• Updated: 26 February 2021

Hartlepool is the latest CNC Operational Policing Unit to launch Project Servator

• Updated: 8 February 2021

Ben Wallace travelled to the two East African nations to enhance security cooperation in the battle against terror group Al Shabaab and other shared threats.

• Updated: 28 January 2021

Government announces the appointment of the new Independent Reviewer of Prevent.

• Updated: 26 January 2021

The monitoring of convicted terrorists and others who pose a terror risk will be strengthened under plans laid out today (17 December 2020).

• Updated: 17 December 2020

Security Minister James Brokenshire delivered a speech at the RUSI on the changing terror threat and how the government and partners have continued to adapt strategies to meet the emerging challenges.

• Updated: 26 November 2020

Advice to the UK private security industry following Tuesday's announcement.

• Updated: 5 November 2020

This announcement follows the conclusion of a Home Office competitive fund.

• Updated: 13 October 2020

Seven countries have today published an international statement on the end-to-end-encryption and public safety.

• Updated: 11 October 2020

The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) Bill will underpin the longstanding work of intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

• Updated: 24 September 2020

Terrorist organisation, Feuerkrieg Division, is banned in the UK.

• Updated: 17 July 2020

Government takes action to proscribe Feuerkrieg Division.

• Updated: 13 July 2020

Key allies met and agreed joint action to tackle emerging security threats during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Updated: 18 June 2020

Police to be given new powers to identify and combat hostile state activity.

• Updated: 8 June 2020