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Nov 25 2008
An MP has urged police to be cautious about handing out controversial stun guns which have been linked to 300 deaths....
Nov 23 2008
Police are to be armed with 10,000 Taser stun guns as part of a drive to tackle violent crime. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is expected to announce plans to train front-line response officers in all 43 police forces in England and Wales to fire Tasers at violent suspects....
Nov 20 2008
Birmingham MP Gisela Stuart has welcomed new laws threatening to fine men who pay to have sex with prostitutes....
Nov 17 2008
The Home Secretary has hit out at corporate high-fliers who entertain their clients at lap dancing clubs....
Oct 13 2008
Plans to increase pre-charge terror detention from 28 to 42 days will be dropped from the Counter-Terrorism Bill after a crushing Lords defeat, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced. ...
Aug 23 2008
Redditch MP Jacqui Smith was under pressure on Friday to explain when she first knew that personal details of thousands of criminals had been lost in the latest Government data fiasco....
Jul 15 2008
Tuesday's high-profile launch of a major new knife-crime strategy was thrown into disarray when Home Secretary Jacqui Smith scrapped plans to make offenders visit victims in hopsital, following a wave of criticism....
Jun 25 2008
The public will be given a new chance to vote directly for members of the bodies which oversee police forces, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said....
Jun 16 2008
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is facing a Commons summons to explain the latest Government security lapse after another batch of secret papers were left on a train....
Jun 12 2008
Gordon Brown survived last night’s key Commons vote on terror laws amid claims of a £200 million bribe to win the support of Northern Ireland MPs....
