UK to seize bikes of people involved in ‘anti-social behaviour’ under new rules
Police in the UK will have stronger powers to tackle anti-social behaviour, including seizing vehicles involved without having to issue a warning.
This is according to Labour MP Dame Diana Johnson, who was responding in a recent parliamentary Q&A about the government’s plans to reduce anti-social behaviour by people on motorbikes.
“Our Crime and Policing Bill will give the police greater powers to clamp down on all vehicles, including motorbikes, involved in anti-social behaviour, with officers no longer required to issue a warning before seizing these vehicles,” Johnson said.
On 28 May, the Government launched a six-week consultation on proposals to allow the police to more quickly dispose of seized vehicles such as motorbikes, which have been used anti-socially, she said.
“Combined, these proposals will help tackle the scourge of vehicles ridden anti-socially and illegally by sending a clear message to would-be offenders and local communities that this behaviour will not be tolerated.”
Clamp down on illegal riders
Johnson’s comments come after the government announced that delivery riders caught sharing their accounts with migrants who have no right to work in the UK will be suspended, as part of a new UK-wide crackdown on illegal working.
A new agreement between the Home Office and Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats will ensure delivery firms receive new information concerning the locations of asylum hotels to help tackle illegal working, the Home Office said on Wednesday (23 July).
Under existing security measures, any delivery riders caught sharing their accounts with migrants who have no right to work in the UK will be suspended. This new agreement goes further to ensure more people who are breaking the rules can be caught.
Efforts by the companies to crack down on illegal account sharing through real-time identity and Right to Work checks have been successful and have led to thousands being offboarded from platforms.
Despite this, there continues to be abuse in the system. Under the new agreement, the firms will be empowered to go further in detecting patterns of misuse, identify unauthorised account sharing and quickly suspend accounts.
