Editorial
The criminals of want
THE GOVERNMENT last week announced a £40 million package “to tackle street crime” as the number of killings on the streets of London so far this year reached 50, taking violent crime statistics for the capital higher than those of New York. Meanwhile both Prime Minister Theresa May and Home Secretary Amber Rudd are trying to insist this has little or nothing to do with the drastic cuts that the Tory austerity policies have forced on police numbers.
And in a sense, they are right; the problem is much, much bigger than just police levels. It is about cuts to living standards from many different angles — decent jobs, wages and benefits going down whilst rents soar, travel, food and domestic heating costs continue to rise, and youth support services have been slashed..
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The criminals of want