Priti Patel, the home secretary, is today due to detail the scheme, which includes a requirement for some public places to be prepared for a terror attack.
They follow a consultation into what sort of venue should be bound by the so-called Protect Duty in the wake of the May 2017 atrocity in which 22 people were killed as they left an Ariana Grande concert.
Figen Murray, the mother of victim Martyn Hett, 29, has campaigned for the introduction of a Martyn's Law, including calling for venues and local authorities to have action plans against such attacks.
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