A new anti-social behaviour white paper published today sets out plans for six new sanctions to allow police and local authorities to deal with low-level criminality or nuisance behaviour.

The new "streamlined" powers replace 19 previous sanctions covering everything from dropping litter to controlling dogs and dispersing yobs.

• Theresa May defends Anti-social behaviour reforms

  22 May 2012

• Police will be forced to tackle anti-social behaviour

  22 May 2012

• Police forced to act on yobs in new 'community trigger' power

  21 May 2012

• Police told to do more for victims of anti-social behaviour

  05 Apr 2012

• Police must take action if neighbours complain

  29 Jan 2012

• May: police will have to act on anti-social behaviour

  22 May 2012