Police and politicians must return to basics with zero-tolerance approach towards low-level crimes to win back public
VOTERS are fed up to the back teeth with the failure of successive governments to crack down on crime.
As a shocking new poll shows today, half the public say the country is fast becoming lawless.
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Even more — 56 per cent — say things have gone further downhill over the last five years.
The violence and mayhem we see daily in our streets, from shoplifting and muggings for phones to brutal stabbings, have created a real sense of despair.
The findings are a particularly damning indictment of the Tories.
Law and order has traditionally been one of their strong suits, but their legacy after 14 years in power is crime-ridden chaos.
But there is no good news for Sir Keir Starmer either.
More than half of Brits said Labour is performing 'poorly' on crime.
And a staggering 57 per cent said they had no faith in the Government to get control of the streets.
This disastrous collapse in confidence should be a wake-up call for Labour.
For starters, ministers must order Chief Constables to curb all woke policing and focus resources on combating street crime.
Cops should spend less time poring over tweets and more nabbing proper villains.
Inside UK's crime capital where residents fear for lives and lay out razor wire to stop thieves
They should also take a zero tolerance approach towards low level crimes such as vandalism and soft drug use.
Earning bit on the side
OUR revelations today from a migrant hotel whistle-blower should make very sombre reading for Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
It is shocking enough that asylum seekers used taxpayer-paid accommodation to make a sex video for OnlyFans.
But the scale of illegal working the whistle-blower reports — in kebab shops, barbers, car washes and takeaways — is staggering.
This is the heart of black-market Britain which the Government must tackle.
Serco, the firm responsible for maintaining the hotels, report all such breaches of the rules to the Home Office.
What are they doing to punish the offenders?
Ofwat's filthy rich
WHILE sewage spilled into our rivers and seas, senior bosses at the regulator body that is supposed to be monitoring water companies pocketed £2million last year.
The useless Ofwat, which also blew £6million on consultants, should be scrapped right away and replaced with a regulator with real teeth.
Its performance has much in common with a sewage pipe. They both stink.
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