Crime – a reminder for Theresa May

Theresa May has been attacking Labour’s record on crime at Tory Party conference today. Perhaps she should remember that crime fell under Labour, and reached a 30 year low. In fact the Prime Minister admitted this himself. Commenting on crime figures last year, he said “They are clearly down”. And down by how much over Labour’s 13 years in power?

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