Labour’s Crime Bill Set To Jail Just 13 More Criminals a Year – Guido Fawkes

Labour’s Crime Bill Set To Jail Just 13 More Criminals a Year

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Last week Labour trumpeted its new Crime and Policing Bill with Yvette Cooper vowing it would crack down on knife crime, antisocial behaviour, shoplifting, and theft. As Guido first reported, the headline new measure allowing police to search homes for stolen phones without a warrant. Yet a government impact assessment quickly doused any hopes that this would actually mean more criminals behind bars…

Labour’s crime-fighting bill is set to imprison a total of just 13 to 55 more criminals per year. The new offences will generate a mere 5,000 extra police-recorded crimes, leading to around 400 prosecutions, 300 convictions, and a pitiful trickle of actual prison sentences. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp tells Guido:

“This shows Labour’s law is largely a performative gimmick and will make little actual difference. 55 extra people in jail will not make Britain any safer. Two Tier Keir is more interested in policing tweets than he is in catching real criminals. Meanwhile, thousands of dangerous foreign criminals are allowed to stay in the UK because weak immigration judges think their tenuous human rights are more important than protecting the public from their re-offending.”

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood was wheeled out for the media round this morning, admitting Labour is in an “incredibly difficult and very, very challenging situation” after claims that 14,000 extra prison places over six years still won’t be enough, and latest figures reveal there are 73,105 outstanding cases in England and Wales. Meanwhile, Labour’s Sentencing Tsar David Gauke is busy prepping a soft-on-crime report, because ‘tough’ policies are too “expensive”…