Selly Oak Liberal Democrats discuss crime at conference

12.00.00am GMT Wed 7th Mar 2007

Together We Can Cut Crime: Cllr Robert Wright (right) discusses crime with Nick Clegg MP.

Liberal Democrats from Selly Oak travelled to the party's spring conference in Harrogate over the weekend of 2nd - 4th March to discuss how to tackle crime.

Selly Oak ward councillors Alistair Dow and Robert Wright met Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Nick Clegg MP to discuss with him the concerns and experiences of local residents.

Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Nick Clegg MP said, "I was very pleased to meet Alistair Dow and Robert Wright and discuss the concerns of residents from Selly Oak. It is clear to me that Labour's posturing and tough talk on crime has not cut crime.

"We are all living with the consequences of having a Labour government more interested in catching headlines than criminals.

"By contrast, at our conference, Liberal Democrats voted for a strong set of proposals called Together We Can Cut Crime.

"It outlines our Five Steps to a Safer Britain: put more police on the streets rather than waste money on ID cards; restore honesty to sentencing; make education and training in prisons compulsory; make prisoners who work pay into a victims compensation fund and give communities more powers to close problem pubs and clubs.

"This plan is an example of real policies which work in practice, not just tough talk from Blair and Brown."

Related Link:

Together We Can Cut Crime campaign website.