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<p>On 27 March, the Government launched the Anti-social Behaviour Action Plan (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-social-behaviour-action-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-social-behaviour-action-plan</a>) ensuring the police, local authorities and other relevant agencies have the powers and tools they need to tackle the blight of anti-social behaviour facing communities across England and Wales.</p><p>The plan is backed by £160m of funding. This includes up to £60m to fund an increased police and other uniformed presence to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, targeting hotspots. Initially we are working with 10 police force areas, but from 2024 we will support a hotspot approach across every police force area in England and Wales. We are also providing up to £50m to support the provision of Immediate Justice, by issuing out of court disposals with conditions to swiftly repair any damage – the aim being for them to start within 48 hours of referral. This will start in a number of trailblazer police force areas and be rolled out across England and Wales from 2024.</p><p>As part of the Action Plan, we re-launched the Community Trigger as the ‘Anti-social Behaviour Case Review’, providing greater clarity on how and when it can be used, and encouraging agencies to automatically conduct reviews once the threshold has been hit. We updated the gov.uk pages <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/anti-social-behaviour-asb-case-review-also-known-as-the-community-trigger" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/anti-social-behaviour-asb-case-review-also-known-as-the-community-trigger</a> to raise awareness of this tool to give victims and communities a say in the way that complaints of ASB are dealt with.</p> |