Labour today declares itself the party of law and order as it pledges to give the victims of antisocial behaviour power to decide how perpetrators are punished.
The party will update Tony Blair’s “tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime” mantra with a series of policies aimed at seizing the initiative from the Conservatives.
Steve Reed, the shadow justice secretary, told The Times how the party would crack down on antisocial behaviour, which polls consistently show is one of the public’s top concerns.
Figures released under freedom of information requests found that nearly two million reports of antisocial behaviour over the past three years had gone unattended. Parliament’s justice committee criticised the government this year for failing to recognise victims of antisocial behaviour
