Prime minister Rishi Sunak will on Monday unveil plans to step up “hotspot” policing of high-crime areas and pilot “immediate justice” programmes to impose rapid punishments as both main political parties focus on crime ahead of the looming general election.
Under the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, ministers will also outlaw the sale of nitrous oxide, the “laughing gas” that has become a popular mild narcotic.
The government is pressing ahead with its plan only days…
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