Restore Britain's law and order policy

The Objective commits the party to a binding referendum on restoring capital punishment. It says it is “just to execute those guilty of the most heinous crimes” and argues that a majority of the public supports the death penalty for certain offences. “The British people must be given a say,” it states.

Rupert Lowe repeated the pledge in August 2026, when a “full, free, and fair referendum” on the death penalty was one of five conditions he set for an electoral alliance with Reform UK, Euronews reported (opens in a new tab). The Objective does not say which offences would qualify or how the question would be worded.

The centrepiece of the Policing Paper is a Police Restoration Act, with a bill to be prepared within the first year of government. It would repeal and replace relevant parts of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, the Police Reform Act 2002, the Police and Justice Act 2006 and the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

The Act would restore the constable’s oath to language centred on keeping the peace, replacing wording added in 2002, and confirm that constables are independent servants of the Crown rather than agents of politicians. Police powers would be limited to sworn, warranted officers, and the paper says only British citizens should hold the Office of Constable.

The Police Race Action Plan, the police anti-racism commitment and related inclusion strategies would be withdrawn and replaced by a single Equality Before the Law and Impartial Policing Standard, applying the same enforcement threshold to every person. Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) structures and activist-aligned training would be removed.

Public order policing would be “entirely risk based”. Forces would still liaise with event organisers but would stop making operational decisions by consensus, and permission for an event could be withheld if organisers disagree. Officers who use lawful force correctly would get statutory protection.

The paper notes that the government plans to abolish Police and Crime Commissioners by 2028 and hand their powers to mayors or councils. Restore Britain would instead create a Police Accountability Board for each force, able to scrutinise budgets and performance but with no authority over investigations, arrests or protest policing.

The College of Policing would be replaced by a National Police College, with regional colleges bringing recruit training back under police control. The National Criminal Intelligence Service would be restored, the National Crime Agency refocused on enforcement, and Police Community Support Officers phased out in favour of a Special Constabulary modelled on the Army Reserve.

The Objective promises “widespread stop and search” and strict sentences for anyone caught carrying a knife. It would legalise pepper spray so that women can defend themselves, and require council-funded CCTV in every taxi and private hire vehicle, citing licensing loopholes and reports of misconduct.

It also pledges a national strategy to break up grooming gangs, drawing on the findings of the party’s own rape gang inquiry; the closure of any mosque found preaching extremist doctrine; the banning of hateful Islamist groups; and a “Shamima’s Law” to strip citizenship and the right to remain from dual-national extremists. Food delivery platforms would face a full investigation over illegal working, with criminal charges if firms knowingly profited.