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crime and justice Articles

Good justice policy pays for itself

When the TaxPayers’ Alliance criticise a Conservative justice secretary for going too far with public spending cuts, you know something is wrong.  But that’s exactly what Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, did a few weeks ago in a blogpost...

Seize the day on PCCs

Have you been attending heated meetings in packed halls, listening to passionate speeches about the demise of police authorities and the introduction of police and crime commissioners? No? Me either. When it comes to the election of the new police commissioners, I’m...

Diagnosis: crime

We can learn from innovations in health to tackle the causes of crime By Kieran Brett —Yvette Cooper’s impressive stewardship as shadow home secretary has maintained Labour’s credentials as the party of law and order. Labour has not lurched back to a leftist position...

The natural party of law and order

Labour police and crime commissioners will have the chance to prove how Labour can achieve results in tough times and demonstrate that we are the natural party of law and order. Labour’s record on crime is something that we can justly point to with pride. In 1997, we...