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Crime Speech

Asked what the Prime Minister would be highlighting in his speech, the PMS said that the Prime Minister would be mentioning asset recovery and changing the burden of proof on convicted criminals to include not just their money but also houses, cars and other assets as well. The Prime Minister would also highlight a new funding pot for local areas to enable them to reallocate proceeds of crime. The PMS said that the speech would confirm the Government s intention to go ahead with a mandatory code on alcohol, which would not include minimum drinks prices which might punish the majority of responsible drinkers, but would tackle binge drinking and excessive drink promotions.

The PMS then told the assembled media that the overriding point the Prime Minister was making was that the nature of crime and its causes were changing and that s why our response to the new challenges that we faced had to change as well. The PMS said that s why we were changing the way we dealt with serious and organised crime and issues of asset recovery, reforming policing to make them more localised with a bigger emphasis on neighbourhood policing, changing the way we responded to binge drinking with the mandatory code on alcohol and changing the way technology was used in courts to make the criminal justice system more efficient.

Asked what the mandatory code for alcohol meant and how it differed from a law, the PMS said the mandatory code would be legislated for in the Police and Crime Bill, currently in the House. He said the Home Office would set out shortly the kind of conditions that would be in the code, but highlighted restricting irresponsible promotions such as All you can drink offers and Women drink free nights.

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