Figures expose Labour's dsastrous legacy on crime - Campbell

8.52.44pm GMT Thu 25th Jan 2007

Commenting on crime figures published today showing increases in robberies, drug offences and vandalism, Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies Campbell said:

"Ten years of tough talk and endless new legislation have done nothing to make us safer, with street violence and vandalism still rising month by month.

"To fight crime effectively, we don't need to get tougher, we need to get smarter.

"The link between robberies and the number of people trying to fund a drug habit needs urgent investigation. Drug related crime is so widespread that it is inexplicable that the Government should be allowing residential drug rehabilitation centres to close."

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