Home Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday outlined a number of supposedly new “shock tactics” to be used against young offenders caught in possession of a knife.
It has since emerged that these measures were first announced in a Home Office press release at the beginning of last month so aren’t new at all.
Although quick to reject sensible Conservative calls for anyone carrying a knife to go to jail, it is clear the Government has no strategy to deal with this terrifying scourge on our streets.
As ever with Labour Ministers, it’s cheap headlines first, serious policy development second.
It has since emerged that these measures were first announced in a Home Office press release at the beginning of last month so aren’t new at all.
Although quick to reject sensible Conservative calls for anyone carrying a knife to go to jail, it is clear the Government has no strategy to deal with this terrifying scourge on our streets.
As ever with Labour Ministers, it’s cheap headlines first, serious policy development second.
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