The Home Office to give police more powers to tackle violent crimes
New rules will make it easier for officers to stop and search people in the street following a number of high profile stabbings across the country
The Home Secretary Sajid Javid is to make it easier for police to put section 60 orders in place- which allows police to search people they are suspicious of.
Seven police forces across the country- including in London and in Wales- will trial the new rules.
The Prime-Minister says: "These changes will support police officers tackling serious violence in the worst affected areas."
The changes to section 60 will initially apply in areas particularly affected by violent crime - London, West Midlands, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Wales and Greater Manchester - for up to a year.
Forces are also expected to engage with communities on its use, and nobody should be stopped on the basis of their race or ethnicity.
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