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Establish and fund a national Hate Crime Task Force.

Closed 40 signatures

What the petition asks

Parliament should form and fund a national hate crime task force to tackle the unprecedented rise in hate related crime and incidents against minority groups, since the vote to leave the EU. Police and the Judiciary should be provided all necessary resources to investigate and prosecute offences.
Leave or Remain - Not in our name. We have seen a startling rise in both reported and unreported acts of hatred and violence towards sections of our communities "identified" by offenders as "Non-British". Whilst millions of British people may have voted to leave the EU, they do not, and would never, condone this behaviour. We all, and our government has an irrefutable responsibility to challenge and prevent these deplorable acts, with all the force of the law.

Timeline

29 Jul 2016 Petition opened for signatures
29 Jan 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 40
Status Closed
Opened 29 Jul 2016
Closed 29 Jan 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.