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<p>In October 2018 the Government published Action Against Hate: the Government’s
plan for tackling hate crime – two years on. Two key themes of the action plan are
encouraging reporting and increasing support to victims.</p><p>The Action Plan includes
a number of commitments that are addressing all forms of hate crime, including a review
of hate crime legislation by the Law Commission which commenced earlier this year,
a public awareness campaign which has run twice, and the current Online Harms White
Paper con-sultation.</p><p>There are also a number of specific commitments addressing
homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime, which have been informed by the Government’s
2018 LGBT Action Plan. These include: the Crown Prosecution Service working with partners
to improve the recording and monitoring of equalities data for LGBT victims of hate
crime and reviewing and refreshing its LGBT Hate Crime Schools Pack; further Government
Equalities Office funding for anti-bullying interventions in schools from March 2019
to March 2020; support from the Home Office to the police to improve training in responding
to victims; multiple Home Office funded projects aimed at tackling homophobic, biphobic
and transphobic hate crime; and continued engage-ment with LBGT stakeholders.</p>
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