'Overstretched' police to increase presence across our region this weekend to tackle illegal gatherings

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the new measures banning separate households meeting inside have not granted police officers extra powers to enter people’s homes without consent.

Instead GMP will revert to a style of policing focused on encouraging the public to abide by the new rules and to explain why they are necessary.Ms Hughes told a press conference on Friday that enforcement would only happen when ‘absolutely necessary’.“The enforcement powers that police have are restricted to instances where there are concerns about public order,” she said.“In that case there are powers we can use and there are also fixed penalty notices, and that would really be in the case of very large house parties or situations where there is disorder in and around a property.“The police are.