Jewish groups welcome proposed hate crime measures despite concerns over free speech

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Toby Young, director of the Free Speech Union (FSU), a membership organisation that campaigns for free speech, told the JC that despite the instruction by Suella Braverman to only record non-crime hate incidents sparingly, police had not slowed down. He claimed that, according to data from the FSU, since 2014 around a quarter of a million non-crime hate incidents had been recorded – more than 65 a day.

Lorin Bell-Cross, The Jewish Chronicle, 30th August 2024.