Action against crime

The Lib Dem crime plan

The Lib Dem crime action plan:

10,000 more police

20,000 extra community support officers

Cut police paperwork and bureaucracy

Tougher sentences for drug pushers

Rehabilitation for drug users

I spent five years serving on London's top policing body (the MPA) and am now the Liberal Democrats' spokesperson on crime and disorder in Parliament. You can read about some of my work below, and please don't hesitate to get in touch if there are any particular issues you'd like to raise.

Other news on this page...

• Crime news
• ID cards
• Mobile phone crime
• Muswell Hill police station success
• Have your say

Crime news

Months after the controversial disbandment of the Haringey’s Parks Police, Liberal Democrats have attacked Haringey Council for failing to implement their promised replacement park safety scheme fully to keep residents safe. More >>>

After demanding drastic improvement on how quickly the Met answer non-emergency calls, following a damning survey in 2002 that showed 40% of London’s police stations not picking up the phone within 6 minutes, Lynne Featherstone MP been to see how the Met have stepped up to the challenge. More >>>

What do you see when three kids in hoodies walk towards you? More >>>

What do you see when three kids in hoodies walk towards you? More >>>

How to cut crime. More >>>

ID cards

UNLIKELY BED-FELLOWS: Campaigning against Labour's mandatory ID cards with George Galloway MP (No2ID rally, 2005)

I am opposed to Labour's plans for mandatory ID cards - they will be very expensive, illiberal and an ineffective way of fighting crime. The money would be much better spent on putting more police on our streets. One of my newspaper columns goes into this in more detail and you can support the campaign at the special Lib Dem website, www.libdems.org.uk/noidcards.

Mobile phone crime

The police and mobile phone industry have started making good progress in fighting mobile phone crime. It's now much easier to register your phone as stolen and to stop it being used to make calls.

I've produced a simple guide on how to register and protect your own mobile which you can download (pdf format).

Muswell Hill gets its front counter back

Due to a lack of funding, Muswell Hill police station was forced to close its front desk to the public in 2000.

I have been working with residents, the police and my Liberal Democrat colleagues in Fortis Green ward (where the station is located) to get the front counter restored. London's top policeman, Sir John Stevens, reopened it in October 2004.

SUCCESS! Cutting the celebratory cake with the Met's Sir John Stevens to mark the reopening of the front counter at Muswell Hill police station.

Have your say

You can let me have your views on our crime-fighting policies via my on-line surgery.