15/01/07 - Labour Crime Figures - At Best Mixed, At Worst Misleading

Labour Failure On Crime

The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (CCJS) report, funded by the Sunday Times and the Hadley Trust has slammed Labour's figures on crime.  "And one of the government's "most conspicuous failures" was on reoffending - with targets being modified, missed or dropped.  On paper, nearly all the targets have been met, yet in reality, Labour's record on its various overall crime reduction targets is at best mixed; at worst, its crime reduction claims are misleading."

Shadow home secretary David Davis said the report "betrays a history of fiddled figures and doubtful claims".  He said falling conviction rates combined with increases in the use of fines and cautions meant "actual and effective justice is not being delivered".

Cllr Justin Tomlinson, "Yet again, this viscious, spin obsessed Labour Government has been found out for misleading the public to try and hide their failures.  From the Ivory Towers of the Labour MPs all seems well, but back in the real world it is a very different picture.  It is time we cut the police's endless political correct red-tape, and pointless Government targets and actually let them get on with policing, armed with real powers to punish both criminals, and cut the disgraceful reoffending rates."