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Monday 24 January 2022 Business / Crime / Economy / Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves responds to anti-fraud minister’s resignation over ‘lamentable’ Covid loan oversight

Tuesday 4 January 2022 Crime / Home Affairs / Justice / Yvette Cooper

Yvette Cooper responds to Government support for domestic abuse victims to have more time to report assaults

Monday 6 December 2021 Crime / Home Affairs / Yvette Cooper

Yvette Cooper responds to the publication of the Government’s drugs strategy

Wednesday 24 November 2021 Crime / Jess Phillips / Women and Equalities

Jess Phillips responds to latest ONS figures on domestic abuse

Friday 19 November 2021 Anneliese Dodds / Crime / Equalities / LGBT+

Labour pledges “tougher, fairer” hate crime laws to keep LGBT+ people safer

Friday 5 November 2021 Crime / Justice / Policing / Sarah Jones

Charge rate falls to a new record low under the Conservatives

Tuesday 12 October 2021 Crime / Equalities / Home Affairs / Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to hate crime statistics

Wednesday 6 October 2021 Crime / Holly Lynch / Home Affairs

Rise in online disability hate crime deeply worrying – Labour

Thursday 19 August 2021 Crime / David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy comments on 32% fall in prosecutions

Wednesday 28 July 2021 Crime / Defence / Nick Thomas-Symonds

“Staggering” £100m cost increase for Boris Johnson’s vanity yacht – Nick Thomas-Symonds

Thursday 22 July 2021 Conor McGinn / Crime

Labour responds to ONS crime statistics showing an increase in fraud

Thursday 22 July 2021 Crime / Nick Thomas-Symonds / Policing

Government urgently needs to tackle staggering increase in anti-social behaviour

Wednesday 21 July 2021 Crime / Home Affairs / Keir Starmer / Policing

Keir Starmer launches ‘Safer Communities’ campaign

Wednesday 23 June 2021 Crime / Jess Phillips

Jess Phillips responds to the PM’s comment describing questions about rape convictions as ‘jabber’

Thursday 13 May 2021 Crime / Peter Kyle

Proportion of criminal cases collapsing due to victim issues reaches all-time high

Thursday 24 September 2020 Crime / Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, responds to introduction of national security legislation in the fight against serious crime

Monday 14 September 2020 Crime / Nick Thomas-Symonds

Nick Thomas-Symonds responds to announcement on new stop and search power for knife criminals

Thursday 27 August 2020 Crime / Sarah Jones

As lockdown restrictions ease, the Tories must not repeat mistakes of the past on violent crime – Sarah Jones

Monday 3 August 2020 Crime

New analysis shows the Tories’ decade long failure to tackle knife crime

Monday 3 August 2020 Crime

New analysis shows the Tories’ decade long failure to tackle knife crime

Sunday 19 July 2020 Crime / David Lammy

The government clearly does not recognise the scale of the crisis in our justice system

Thursday 23 January 2020 Crime / Diane Abbott

Damning indictment of ten years of Tory neglect – Diane Abbott

Thursday 16 January 2020 Crime / Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott responds to knife possession statistics

Monday 9 December 2019 Crime / Diane Abbott

You cannot have safety and security on the cheap – Diane Abbott

Tuesday 26 November 2019 Crime / Diane Abbott / Richard Burgon

Labour announces boost to 18 Violence Reduction Units to tackle gang related violent crime

Thursday 14 November 2019 Crime / Richard Burgon

The Tories cannot be trusted to keep us safe – Richard Burgon responds to latest crime figures

Thursday 17 October 2019 Crime / Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott responds to ONS crime statistics

Tuesday 15 October 2019 Crime / Diane Abbott

10% increase in hate crime in England and Wales – Abbott responds

Thursday 19 September 2019 Crime / Diane Abbott

Serious crime should be recorded and investigated, not ignored – Abbott

Wednesday 14 August 2019 Crime / Diane Abbott

Prime Minister admits stop and search will be discriminatory – Diane Abbott

Monday 12 August 2019 Crime / Nick Thomas-Symonds

Crown Prosecution Service extra funding – Nick Thomas-Symonds responds

Saturday 10 August 2019 Crime / Diane Abbott / Home

Extending Section 60 powers over the Summer is a tried and tested recipe for unrest, not violence reduction – Abbott

Thursday 8 August 2019 Crime / Diane Abbott

Tories have failed on knife crime – Diane Abbott

Friday 28 June 2019 Crime / Louise Haigh

Toxic combination of cuts, carelessness and incompetence is hampering the fight against serious crime – Louise Haigh

Tuesday 30 April 2019 Crime

Louise Casey criticises ‘inadequate’ government leadership on knife crime – Andrew Gwynne responds

Monday 29 April 2019 Crime / Shami Chakrabarti

Shami Chakrabarti responds to rape victims being asked to hand phones over to police

Thursday 25 April 2019 Crime / Diane Abbott

Deeply troubling crime figures – Diane Abbott

Monday 15 April 2019 Crime / Diane Abbott

Warm words will not bring an end to the blood shed on our streets – Abbott

Tuesday 12 March 2019 Crime / Diane Abbott

Ofsted report is very timely and highlights the importance of early interventions in our schools and colleges to help protect children – Abbott

Wednesday 6 March 2019 Crime / Louise Haigh

Labour write to Theresa May calling for 10,000 new police officers and investment in youth services to combat youth violence

Tuesday 5 March 2019 Crime / Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn responds to national knife crime crisis

Monday 4 March 2019 Crime / Louise Haigh

Tories clueless on own strategy to tackle violence – Louise Haigh

Thursday 31 January 2019 Crime / Diane Abbott

Tories have rushed out this measure late in the day because they are completely failing to tackle knife crime – Diane Abbott

Monday 21 January 2019 Crime / Diane Abbott

Tory councils slash crime prevention budgets

Thursday 29 November 2018 Crime

Carolyn Harris comments on reports that county lines are worth over £3 million a day

Wednesday 28 November 2018 Crime / Louise Haigh

It is staggering to see hundreds of Tory MPs voting to make our communities less safe – Louise Haigh

Saturday 24 November 2018 Crime / Louise Haigh

The Government are so weak they can’t even pass laws to ban enormously powerful anti-truck and anti-tank rifles – Louise Haigh

Thursday 1 November 2018 Crime / Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott responds to the Government’s Serious and Organised Crime Strategy

Tuesday 23 October 2018 Crime / Diane Abbott

Police chiefs’ warning on new cuts – Diane Abbott MP responds

Monday 3 September 2018 Crime / Diane Abbott