Put the law back on the side of local people across Burnley – Richard Ali
Richard Ali, Prospective Conservative MP for Burnley this week strongly endorsed radical and bold new plans – set out in the Conservatives’ draft election manifesto – to tackle crime and to restore confidence in Britain’s ‘broken’ criminal justice system.
Their importance is underlined by new analysis revealing that there were 1,921 violent attacks on people across Burnley and Padiham in the last year. Under the manifesto plans, a Conservative Government would:
· Give Burnley’s citizens greater protection if they have to defend themselves against intruders in their homes, or if they stop a crime being committed in the street.
· Create fifteen new rape crisis centres across the country, and give all existing rape crisis centres stable, long-term funding.
· Grant Burnley Council new powers to fight booze-fuelled antisocial behaviour in Burnley, and stop supermarkets selling alcohol at below cost-price which is destroying law-abiding local pubs and fuelling low-level crime.
· Replace the invisible and unaccountable LancashirePolice Authority, making the police properly accountable to a directly elected person who will set priorities for local policing.
· Publish detailed street-by-street crime statistics online every month, in an open and standardised format, so people know the real level of crime in their neighbourhood.
· Make it clear that anyone caught carrying a knife in a public place can expect to be prosecuted and sent to prison.
Richard said:
“Labour have launched endless initiatives and top-down schemes which have made little difference. Their broken promises have undermined people’s trust. We can’t go on with the police filling in forms instead of fighting crime.
“Our hard-working local police officers deserve the highest praise. But many people across Burnley and Padiham are hugely frustrated with our criminal justice system. They feel that it’s just not on their side anymore. These major Conservative proposals will help put the law back on the side of local people in Burnleyand give our police the full support they so richly deserve.”
27th January 2010 | 
