Yesterday I hosted Chris Grayling MP, the Conservative Shadow Home Secretary, on a visit to our area. I took him to meet shopkeepers in Lockwood who told him about the ever present threat of anti-social behaviour and robbery. Their store had been attacked in December. We later spent an hour in Lindley listening to the experiences of local shopkeepers, community leaders and Councillors.
As well as getting the law onto the side of householders defending their property against intruders we need to get the law on the side of hard working shopkeepers who are facing the constant threat of people coming in to rob them. We need the police freed from red tape to get out onto the streets.
We need a Conservative government to get to grips with this.
