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MP urges clampdown on low-level crime


AN MP has said there needs to be zero tolerance for low-level crime if people's quality of life is not to suffer.

David Evennett, the Conservative MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford, was speaking in the House of Commons in a debate about policing .

He said: "Certain problems have got worse, including anti-social behaviour, binge drinking, drug crime, problems on public transport, vandalism, graffiti and the fear of crime."

Mr Evennett added: "These are the real issues which my constituents and others across London are concerned about.

"Lower-grade crime which impinges on people's lives has not gone down."

Mr Evennett said people would become more fearful of crime if they felt their quality of life was being threatened by low-level crime.


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