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politics12h ago
Everything that is now officially law after bill-passing bonanza yesterday
- Nine new laws received royal assent as Parliament rushes to finish business before prorogation.
- Crime and Policing Act introduces AI-era safeguards and reforms, including criminalising AI-generated abuse imagery.
- Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act adds free breakfast clubs and limits branded items in uniforms.
- English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act creates 'Strategic Authorities' with elected mayors.
- Tobacco and Vapes Act bans some products and aims to phase out smoking.
- Victims and Courts Act lets courts require attendance at sentencing in certain cases.
- Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme expanded to allow referrals in more cases.
- Additional laws include Grenfell Tower Memorial and Ministerial Salaries amendments.
- Parliament’s prorogation signals final weeks of campaigning before the May elections.
- Some measures may be reversed or altered when the new session begins after prorogation.
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