Boris Johnson to unveil £100m prison fund as MPs deny justice crackdown is ‘election talk’
BORIS Johnson goes to prison tomorrow as ministers are forced to deny his justice crackdown is a general election bribe.
It is part of a jumbo £2.5billion splurge on popular new crime-fighting initiatives, that also include toughening up sentencing and 10,000 more prison places.is secretly planning to go to the country in the Autumn to boost the PM’s wafer-thin Commons majority of one. We will stop the drugs, weapons and the mobile phones coming in, so we can safeguard victims, protect staff, cut violence and make our prisons properly equipped to reform and rehabilitate.THE PM yesterday hosted the first in a series of meetings this week to tackle crime.
A YouGov poll last night found 75 per cent of Brits support Mr Johnson’s roll out of greater stop and research powers. The figure included 93 per cent of all Tory voters, and 61 per cent of Labour and Lib Dem.accused the PM of election campaigning with the moves, saying: “This is an election promise. He’s claiming the ground.”THE Tories are getting tough on crime, and not before time. Our streets increasingly feel like the Wild West.
But it’s about time we started giving police the confidence, the resources and the powers to hold the Thin Blue Line.
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