New Home Office Guidance to Stop Police From Recording Non-Crime Hate Incidents ‘Because Someone Is Offended’

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman leaves Downing Street following the first cabinet meeting after Liz Truss took office as the new prime minister, in London, on Sept. 7, 2022. Carl Court/Getty Images

Home Secretary Suella Braverman is to order police to only record non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) when absolutely necessary, which campaigners say is a major win for free speech.

Braverman said the draft guidelines, which will go before Parliament on Monday, will prevent police “wrongly getting involved in lawful debate.”